BOSTON (CBS) — Newly released surveillance video shows the moment steel columns fell like dominoes at a Boston University construction site, taking two workers down with them. If you look closely, you ...

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 ...

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 ...

CHENNAI: Wrong alignment of 10 rectangular steel columns was one of the key reasons that led to the collapse of a 30-ft-tall hospital generator room under construction at Kandanchavadi in Perungudi on ...

Metal building system builders have an option to use straight columns or tapered columns to hold up the structure. In many metal building applications, straight columns may have more steel than they ...

Construction costs keep rising every day. At this time when construction has become expensive, steel I-beams and stainless steel hollow bars could help you reduce construction material costs. Steel ...

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, ...