I have never understood how we as fire fighters continue to be killed in buildings constructed of light-weight steel trusses. These units also referred to as bar joists are utilized in lieu of wood ...

Each first-place team received a cash prize and a custom-designed, three-dimensional award depicting the use of steel joists. Structural Engineering Firm: Tylk Gustafson Reckers Wilson Andrews, ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Construction crews have begun to hang steel trusses to create the roof of a soon-to-be ballroom north of Lakeside Avenue. The roof will include 30 trusses, each 120 feet long, said ...

The roof of the Sofa Super Store’s main showroom, where six of the firefighters’ bodies were found, was supported by a steel truss. Before his death in 2006, building construction expert Frank ...

The construction of the $1.8 billion, 65,000-seat domed Las Vegas stadium hit a snag last week, but officials say it’s nothing to be alarmed about. One of the massive steel canopy trusses was ...

I’m sure you’ve driven across or seen large steel truss bridges that are made by combining any number of huge steel beams into right triangles that interconnect. When viewed from the side they look ...

Trusses are a fundamental tool in an engineer’s toolbox — a structurally simple way to transfer weight from one part of a roof to the walls or columns that are designed to withstand the effects of ...

The owners of the new Star Wash car wash in South Jordan, Utah, had two major requests of its Building Team: 1. Design an economical facility that fits its setting at the base of the Wasatch Range, a ...

More steel is being added to Essentia Health's Vision Northland project next week in Duluth. Eight steel trusses will be placed along East First Street to link the project's lower and upper hospital ...