MILWAUKEE -- The first roof truss of the new Bucks arena was raised into position on Tuesday morning, May 2nd at the Milwaukee Tool Construction Site. The job ...

We are adding a master bedroom and family room "wing" to our house. It will have a standard pitched roof. Do you recommend having the roof stick built with lumber or using pre-made roof trusses? — Arn ...

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, ...

The Olympic Delivery Authority has released new images of the construction of the roof on the Olympic Stadium’s, which began this week. The pictures show the first 30 metre long steel section of the ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- Construction of the new Vikings stadium hit several key milestones this week. With just over a year to go before construction is completed, several new features are starting to ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Some big changes are coming to the Dome at Syracuse University as the new roof begins to take shape. The first pieces of the “crown truss” were put in place Thursday. It’s part of a ...

Crews are making progress on the Madison Square Garden Sphere at The Venetian, having reached the halfway point on adding massive trusses to its frame. The roof truss construction process reached the ...

Architectural trends, increasing emphasis on energy efficiency and the continual development of new building materials all result in residential roof structures becoming increasingly complex. In a bid ...

Forty-two wooden roof trusses collapsed and splintered this week during construction of Unity’s new public works garage. No one was hurt when the 80-foot-long trusses fell — some on Sunday and the ...

Most new home construction now utilizes pre-engineered and built roof trusses, as opposed to traditional rafter framing to form the roof structure of the house. This type of framing construction is ...