When the Chrysler Building appeared on the Manhattan skyline 90 years ago, it was the most magnificent skyscraper ever built and the tallest in the world, a gleaming testament to American ingenuity ...

Monday's topping-off ceremony, which involved putting the Andersen Building's final steel beam into place, celebrated the building's structural integrity. The proton beam equipment arrives next year.

Some 200 feet high in the city of Boise, sits the final steel beam of what will be Idaho’s tallest building. The beam, signed Wednesday by about 100 people in attendance for the “topping off” ceremony ...

Thanks to a number of key innovations, steel is playing a greater role in residential high-rises, senior and student housing, and taller mixed-use developments, says architect Jayshree Shah, AIA, ...

NORWALK -- A 40-ton excavator clawed into old wood, brick and steel at 20 North Water St. on Wednesday morning, tearing down the last pieces of the former Norwalk Co. building in advance of ...

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In this article we will continue to look at building structural systems. Last month we discussed concrete, which is one of the most basic building construction components. To review, concrete is a ...

DEAR TIM: I’m getting ready to build a large room addition that needs a beam to support the floor joists. I’ve been told that a wood beam will work, but I’ve always seen steel I-beams in other houses.

A Major League Baseball stadium in Colorado used LiteSteel Beam products to build a 4,000-sf patio bar for local patrons. Designed by Populous Architects, the patio was originally configured for ...