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 ...

You re looking at magnificent floor trusses. These are spanning 28 feet, but you can go greater distances with ease. There s no need for a bearing wall or beam under them to support the weight of the ...

In Episode 13 of the Dream Shop Build Series, we install a heavy-duty girder truss designed to support the roof and second-story mezzanine. This video also covers framing the final wall in preparation ...

Q. Is it possible to build a multi-story home with no, or few, interior bearing walls or beams? I’ve looked at lumber span tables, and regular lumber doesn’t seem to be able to do what I want to be ...

In Episode 11 of the Building My Dream Workshop series, I tour a truss manufacturing plant to see how roof trusses are built, then begin installing them on the workshop structure. This episode ...

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 ...

Thanks to a number of key innovations, steel is playing a greater role in residential high-rises, senior and student housing, and taller mixed-use developments, says architect Jayshree Shah, AIA, ...