Many renovated buildings replace wood and masonry structural elements with steel. The replacement of heavy wooden roof and floor joists with the lighter steel open-web bar-truss joists is a common ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...