NEW ORLEANS - Steel beams supporting the 16th floor of the ill-fated Hard Rock Hotel project in downtown New Orleans were so “grossly underdesigned” that the deadly collapse of the unfinished building ...
Steel beams have been winched into place across the River Soar in the latest stage of a bridge replacement project in ...
The heavy lifting for the Gerald Desmond Bridge’s replacement is done. Construction crews on Tuesday, April 21, connected the final major steel floor beam to the new bridge’s main span — the defining ...
DEAR TIM: I’m getting ready to build a large room addition that needs a beam to support the floor joists. I’ve been told that a wood beam will work, but I’ve always seen steel I-beams in other houses.
ST. LOUIS -- The new Stan Musial Veterans Memorial Bridge at St. Louis passed a major milestone on Friday when workers dropped in the final piece of the steel deck. A crowd of construction watched as ...
Recent tests have resolved a longstanding debate among designers over the amount of fire protection appropriate for a steel floor assembly. Revisions to UL Design No. D982 in the Underwriter ...
JESSUP, MD--(Marketwire - 06/23/11) - Tate®, a market leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of raised access flooring and in-floor cooling solutions, introduces In-floor Active Chilled ...
PITTSBURGH — The David L. Lawrence Convention Center had only been open a few years when a 6-inch thick, 30-by-59-foot section of the second floor loading dock collapsed. No one was injured, but the ...
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Last steel beam tops out new Lansing City Hall

The last steel beam for the new $40 million City Hall was set into place Oct. 3. Dozens of people, including city council members and other city leaders, broke into applause at the base of the ...