There is an old adage amongst homebuilders – It’s cheaper to go up, than out. Adding a second floor or a partial floor above an existing structure requires less cost than trying to increase ...

If your header is incorrectly sized, the window may fail to open and close properly, or its frame or glass might crack. The ...

the shortest span is not less than 50% of the longest span. Other specifications to consider when selecting rafters, beams, and joists are: moment, shear, and reaction capacity for normal load ...

A 700-foot span across a deep canyon gorge.

With design procedure summaries as well as several examples, this book presents principles and methods of analysis for beam-columns in space and shows how these theories are applied for the solution ...

2024 Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris gives a speech formally accepting her nomination on da… Just hours after Democratic delegates certified her presidential ...

What’s unusual is how they’re building it — by bolting together giant beams, columns and panels made of manufactured slabs of wood. As each wood element is delivered by flatbed, a tall crane ...

Drawing all eyes in a business district in downtown Yokohama, the Port Plus building is fashioned solely from tidy wooden columns and beams instead of the standard steel and concrete. The 44 ...

The configuration for the bridge is a double arch with the main span the longest single span of a timber "glue and screw" laminated arch ever built. This new bridge links Doune Castle's heritage ...

Wellesley college mathematics professor Ismar Voli discussed the role of mathematics in elections. Harvard Book Store in Cambridge, Massachusetts, hosted this event. New York Times reporter Peter ...