The Metal Construction Association last week announced the winners of its 2013 Chairman’s Award, which recognizes metal building projects that employ innovation and creativity while showcasing how ...

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 ...

Metal building homes and barndominiums are growing in popularity as buyers seek faster, cheaper construction and flexible layouts.

Coupled steel-plate test specimens, shown before concrete filling is added, have various spacing and quantities of cross ties and shear studs. A radically different shear-wall core system for simpler ...

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, ...

CALGARY, AB, CANADA, March 9, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Pre-engineered metal buildings (PEMB) have grown in popularity in commercial construction over the last ...

The company that fabricated the Chrysler Building’s steel punched a hole in my assumption about who supplied it. To me, it only made sense that American Bridge, a subsidiary of mammoth U.S. Steel Corp ...