The Steel Joist Institute (SJI) will be hosting its October webinar, titled "Open Web Steel Joists 101," which will highlight the basics of open web steel joists and joist girders. The webinar will be ...

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 ...

Each first-place team received a cash prize and a custom-designed, three-dimensional award depicting the use of steel joists. Structural Engineering Firm: Tylk Gustafson Reckers Wilson Andrews, ...

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 ...

Unable to handle area snow loads, the undersized roof structure on a 750,000-sq-ft warehouse required reinforcement of 2,300 bar joists and more than 200 girders, all without disrupting the floor ...

The first layer of wood in a house is called a sill, or mud sill. It establishes the size and shape of the building and holds it down as well as up. It is bolted to the foundation, and the house is ...