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 ...

Trusses are a fundamental tool in an engineer’s toolbox — a structurally simple way to transfer weight from one part of a roof to the walls or columns that are designed to withstand the effects of ...

Schuff Steel Atlantic started erecting major roof trusses on the Orlando Events Center in August. Schuff is fabricating and erecting approximately 3,000 tons of steel for the 875,000-sq-ft arena, as a ...

Leading South African steel merchant NJR Steel has announced that, through the acquisition of Staalbeer Steel Merchants, they will now manufacture and stock innovative lightweight steel roof trusses, ...

THIS little book is intended to serve the purposes of students in mechanical and electrical engineering, who desire to have some knowledge of the methods of design adopted in civil engineering, and ...

Bethlehem Steel Corp.’s Sparrows Point plant stands to benefit from a new joint venture with a Florida building-materials company to expand the use of steel in homes and commercial buildings. Under ...