The Structural Building Components Association (SBCA) is excited to announce a new educational symposium series designed to bridge the gap between those who design, build, and regulate the components ...

Flat roofs are traditionally sites for sprawling, low-built solar arrays meant to maximize energy output within the ...

Rapid-response roof truss package gets historic pub operational within weeks.

Tucked away in the rolling countryside just outside Cedarburg, Wisconsin stands a wooden time capsule that’s been quietly spanning Cedar Creek since the 1870s – the last remaining covered bridge in ...

Decks have been cleared for installing a roof truss over the heavily leaking P&T apartment complex at Mundamveli, after a three-member team, including an expert from IIT Madras, gave the go-ahead ...

Two workers injured Monday after trusses collapsed at West Richland site. Leone & Keeble Inc. and Benton REA launched investigation into incident cause. New $20M Benton REA campus aims to consolidate ...

This article first appeared in the July/August issue of Pro Builder. Most HVAC installations for a new home begin with the Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) Manual J load calculation. If ...

Most new home construction now utilizes pre-engineered and built roof trusses, as opposed to traditional rafter framing to form the roof structure of the house. This type of framing construction is ...

The Britlift roof lifting beam (RLB) is a lightweight steel beam that enables each component of a roof truss to be handled and assembled by the site team. Its modular design, which is patent pending, ...

Steel erection involves the use of lots of different components and connectors. This page has all you need to know about roof trusses, purlins, girts, bolts, nuts and washers. the mass (may have to be ...

Scottish councils are being told to be aware of "potential issues" with certain roof types after a school ceiling collapsed in Aberdeenshire. The dramatic partial collapse was discovered at Slains ...