Wood truss construction surged in popularity in the 1960s and ’70s, but back then most buildings that used metal-plate-connected wood trusses had flat ceilings. With today’s CAD and BIM technology, ...

BELVIDERE — Welding torches blazed today so workers could free historic bowstring trusses from the former Manley Motors service bays and hoist them in the air to land delicately on a truck bed. The ...

truss — A framework of triangulated forms in which all loads are carried by compression or tension in each member of the frame. It is time for the fire service to make peace with an old nemesis: the ...