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, ...

APT Bulletin: The Journal of Preservation Technology, Vol. 52, No. 4, Special Issue: Wood (2021), pp. 17-24 (8 pages) Paul C. Gilham and Terry D. McKee, “Bowstring Trusses ‘Fail’to Meet Current Code ...

Last week I was downloading some photos from my digital camera, and I stumbled across hundreds of forgotten photos I shot while my daughter’s new home was being built on Mount Desert Island, off the ...

When the floor began to sag after a party at the Circle University City apartments in January, the developer traced the problem to wooden trusses used to build the floors. Charlotte-based Crescent ...