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Miami building supplier Manuel Menendez has yet to replace or fix many of the poor-quality roof trusses he allegedly sold for use in up to 3,000 Dade County homes built in the 1980s. And only days ...

Roof framing has undergone a quiet revolution over the past half century. Trusses are gradually replacing the conventional rafters, to the point that nowadays more than 80 percent of new residential ...

A crane was used to help get 46-foot long oak logs onto the campus. But the bulk of the work will be done using axes and other medieval techniques. (WTOP/John Domen) It’s hard to dispute that the ...