In this video, I frame the entire roof of my 20 x 32 workshop by myself. Watch as I set and brace the trusses, build ladder ...

On Nov. 2 and 3, building materials distributor US LBM announced the acquisitions of structural and floor trusses in Georgia and North Carolina. US LBM — No. 3 in MDM’s 2022 Top Building ...

GAF and IBHS are helping to address a common challenge: how to build communities to withstand the growing force of severe ...

Specialty building materials supplier US LBM announced back-to-back acquisitions of structural building product manufacturers this week. US LBM acquired Holderness Supplies, a manufacturer of ...

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 ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chopper 7 was over a partial roof collapse on Chicago's Northwest Side on Monday morning. The collapse happened in Jefferson Park at Elston Avenue between Leclaire Avenue and Laramie ...

BREMEN, Ind. — An Indiana truss manufacturer is building a second plant in Battle Creek, Michigan, with the help of a $300,000 grant from the state. ProTec Panel & Truss Manufacturing, LLC is a Bremen ...

The roof of a suburban apartment building was torn to pieces by severe thunderstorms that swept through the Chicago area Saturday afternoon. Residents of an apartment building in suburban Mount ...

The Sacramento City Council this week honored a building inspector who was credited with evacuating a building moments before a dangerous roof collapse.Dan Lowther was named the Community Development ...

The potential dangers of lightweight construction and its inherent deficiencies must be understood by every firefighter and fire officer. From a strategic and tactical standpoint, lightweight ...