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 ...

Q: 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. Is it ...

Workers move one of eight steel beams through the lower levels of Union Terminal since they can't be lowered into place. Eight steel beams weighing 12,000 pounds each are being installed to ...

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 ...