Rafters are designed to support the roof sheathing and usually follow the angle of the roof. With a flat roof, rafters are sometimes called roof joists. Beams are structural elements that are designed ...

A pier and beam foundation is a home support structure that places the weight of the home evenly across multiple concrete ...

This chapter will essentially serve as a turning point from the design of the vertical-load-carrying system (beams and columns) to the design of the lateral-force-resisting system (horizontal ...

A respected engineer’s finding that support columns and beams in Coral Gables’ landmark City Hall could be structurally ...

Metsä Wood has developed a new wood-based wall panel solution designed to provide both high load-bearing strength and ...