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, ...

At Home Explore For flat floors and open designs, choose wood trusses over joists Feb. 5, 2021 at 8:55 am Updated Feb. 11, 2021 at 2:36 pm ...

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 ...

Books Received Published: 12 March 1903 The Design of Simple Roof Trusses in Wood and Steel Nature 67, 439 (1903) Cite this article ...

Truss construction is “a commodity-driven process. The less wood they use and the less metal they use, ultimately the more they make.” 40 manufacturers operate in Carolinas ...

In a final touch, once the No. 7 truss replica was raised on high, a carpenter shinnied up the wooden beams — to cheers — to tie an oak branch to the top of the triangular structure, a symbol ...