The Delaware River Turnpike Bridge is closed indefinitely as workers continue efforts to stabilize the structure after a large crack was found in steel truss beam. The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission ...

The new enclosure is flanked on two sides by the L-shaped walls of the house and on one side by an original freestanding brick wall. A new glass wall incorporates a pair of motorised glass entrance ...

I’m sure you’ve driven across or seen large steel truss bridges that are made by combining any number of huge steel beams into right triangles that interconnect. When viewed from the side they look ...

The idea of strengthening a steel beam with carbon fiber is not new. Approaches have ranged from coating corroded steel i-beams with carbon fiber and epoxy to a patent by Boeing where carbon fiber ...

Q. 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. Is it ...

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THE SHORES OF TRADEPOINT ATLANTIC. WEATHER IS INTERFERING, AUTHORITIES SAY WIND AND WAVES ARE IMPACTING CREWS WORKING HIGH ABOVE THE SHIP. THE TAPPAN ZEE BRIDGE IN NEW YORK IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW ...

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, ...

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.