Q: My house plan calls for steel beams that will support the floor joists and even parts of a brick wall. Can I substitute wood beams for steel? Is a steel I-beam hard to handle on the job site? Do ...

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.

Many renovated buildings replace wood and masonry structural elements with steel. The replacement of heavy wooden roof and floor joists with the lighter steel open-web bar-truss joists is a common ...

The part of the theater that’s being reconstructed is the 432-seat Jervey Theatre. It was built in 1926, and this is the first major damage it’s ever seen, staff tell ABC 7.

TIANJIN, TIANJIN, CHINA, October 13, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Tianjin Ehong International Trade Co., Ltd., a global leader ...

TDOT has announced a temporary closure of the I-75 South entrance ramp from Shallowford Road in Hamilton County, TN, for ...

BOSTON (CBS) – A crane dropped steel beams near Causeway Street Thursday afternoon. Nobody was hurt, but it did scare some people who were near the construction site next to the TD Garden. A crane was ...

The work is part of a three-phase expansion project costing just over $3 million. Officials said they have raised 73% of the ...

LANSING — The last steel beam for the new $40 million City Hall was set into place Oct. 3. Dozens of people, including city council members and other city leaders, broke into applause at the base of ...