The plastic bottle you just tossed in the recycling bin could provide structural support for your future house. MIT engineers are using recycled plastic to 3D print construction-grade beams, trusses, ...

As Sound Transit expands its coverage of Puget Sound, light-rail is a key component to moving passengers. But Sound Transit is also relying on a different kind of rail system to build a key component ...

The staggered-truss structural system incorporating steel trusses was developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the late 1960s. However, designers' interest in the system has lagged ...

Open Joist 2000 is the product name for a type of floor-truss system being used in today's building construction. According to the manufacturer, Open Joist Inc. of Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Open Joist ...

Q. Tim, I grew up in an older home with an attic. I love storing things up there. When I watch new homes being built, all I see are trusses with all sorts of cross supports that make it impossible to ...

3D rendering of BrandSafway's new Truss Frame System™, an under-bridge traveling platform equipped with patent-pending launching extensions, which was designed for Flatiron-Aecon's Bow River Bridge.

KAHULUI–HPM Building Supply has acquired Maui’s leading building component manufacturer, Truss Systems Hawaii, creating a new division known as Truss Systems by HPM serving the Valley Isle. All 33 ...