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 ...

Airy steel trusses and a new mid-height structural mezzanine add state-of-the-art seismic resistance to an unreinforced brick factory from 1906--preparing it for another century of service.

Early in 2002, Craig McNay was having lunch with his old friend Bill Gerdes, a steel fabricator from Quincy, Ill., when he mentioned that he was serving as the owner's rep for a Miglin Properties ...

In 2022, global production of construction materials accounted for more than 7% of total carbon emissions. But how many of ...

Using 80-ksi steel in upper perimeter columns—a first in the U.S.—helped the design team reduce the total steel by almost 20% for 320 S. Canal, a 51-floor office tower under construction in Chicago's ...

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 ...