Construction projects across the U.S. have been struggling with long delays, but one Houston industrial project is running ahead of schedule thanks to an innovative new design that removes the need ...

Cuttack: The ASI’s core conservation committee has finalised the design of the stainless-steel beam to be used for strengthening the cracked beam inside the Natamandap of Jagannath Temple, amicus ...

Q: My house plan calls for steel beams that will support the floor joists and even parts of a brick wall. Can I substitute wood beams for steel? Is a steel I-beam hard to handle on the job site? Do ...

On Nov. 7, 2007, a full-size locomotive traversed the first composite railroad bridge in the world with John Hillman, inventor of the unique hybrid-composite beam that formed the structure of the ...

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, ...

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 ...

Worldwide, there are at least 175 vehicular bridges and 160 pedestrian bridges in service today that incorporate composites. That's a fair number, considering that 10 years ago, there were about a ...

Welcome back to the "Behold the Beam" series of articles. In part three (Firehouse®, September 2010) of the series, we discussed the first five of the 13 common types of beams that firefighters can ...

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 ...