Exposed trusses are exceptional architectural elements, at once structural -- they hold up the roof -- while modulating a space to give it scale and rhythm. But with the many truss types out there, ...

Wood truss construction surged in popularity in the 1960s and ’70s, but back then most buildings that used metal-plate-connected wood trusses had flat ceilings. With today’s CAD and BIM technology, ...

I am writing to respond to the article about the Nevada Dept. of Transportation award of the contract to finish the Galena Creek Bridge, part of the Interstate 580 freeway extension between Reno and ...

The Golden Gate Bridge, the Eiffel Tower and your putting stroke. All three are improbable feats of man, all three required the meddling of great minds to reach their present appearance and now all ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Two 13,000-pound trusses, resurrected from the charred ruins of a wooden bridge in New Hampshire, surely must be among the largest research specimens at Case Western Reserve ...

Corrections and clarifications: This story has been corrected to describe the pedestrian bridge as a truss design, despite its cosmetic appearance as a cable-stayed bridge. The central column and ...