It's been a rough eight games for the Ducks ( 8-14, 1-10 Big Ten), losing players left and right to injuries and in the home matchup against... With the football season coming to an end, it’s time for ...

I have never understood how we as fire fighters continue to be killed in buildings constructed of light-weight steel trusses. These units also referred to as bar joists are utilized in lieu of wood ...

Early in 2002, Craig McNay was having lunch with his old friend Bill Gerdes, a steel fabricator from Quincy, Ill., when he mentioned that he was serving as the owner's rep for a Miglin Properties ...

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 ...

Keywords: Retrofitting. Braced steel truss bridge piers. Eccentrically braced frames. Self-stabilizing tubular links. Seismic load resisting systems. Finite element (FE) analyses. Parametric studies.

To speed construction of the $110 million Capitol Hill Station light-rail station in Seattle, general contractor Turner Construction will use an unusual temporary framing method for the project's ...