Many installers make the mistake of assuming the supporting walls are level, but starting on an uneven base will cause your roof frame to lean. Check the top plate height across the entire perimeter ...

A team led by architect Perkins&Will and Thompson Construction is creatively using inverted bowstring trusses to transform a Tulsa Macy’s department store built in 1994 into a new city icon—the slick ...

truss — A framework of triangulated forms in which all loads are carried by compression or tension in each member of the frame. It is time for the fire service to make peace with an old nemesis: the ...