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, ...

Thanks to a structural-steel hat truss, the 10-story tower of the 240-ft-tall New United States Courthouse, Los Angeles, appears to balance on its core, hovering over the ground as if it were a ...

Using 80-ksi steel in upper perimeter columns—a first in the U.S.—helped the design team reduce the total steel by almost 20% for 320 S. Canal, a 51-floor office tower under construction in Chicago's ...

Architects broke up Dempsey Indoor’s 83-foot height visually by splitting its upper and lower portions: the upper half is clad with metal siding, the lower half with concrete masonry. Exposed ...

STOCKTON — Schuff Steel is going to raise the roof at the Sacramento Kings’ new arena, now under construction in downtown Sacramento. Schuff and the Kings unveiled Tuesday the second of two massive ...

Trusses are a fundamental tool in an engineer’s toolbox — a structurally simple way to transfer weight from one part of a roof to the walls or columns that are designed to withstand the effects of ...

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (July 14, 2014) -- When envisioning a new structure, engineers often have to balance design choices against the environmental impact of materials used. It is estimated that 40 to 50 ...

Engineer’s estimate for fix is $3.1 million ...