Building Teams have been using steel decks with proven success for 75 years. Building Design+Construction consulted with technical experts from the Steel Deck Institute and the deck manufacturing ...

This course provides an overview of structural steel deck design and the ways to improve building performance and to reduce total-project costs. Key areas of discussion include deck types, terminology ...

The five-year research program considered the seismic design of corrugated metal decks, with and without concrete topping, as a diaphragm system that is an integral part of the steel structure. Photo ...

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 ...

When the Sparc apartment in Bellevue is finished this summer, the 104-unit building will have a contemporary skin that disguises a new hybrid structural engineering system. The system, designed by ...

The U.S. Dept. of Transportation has advised all states to do immediate inspections of the type of bridge that collapsed Aug. 1 in Minneapolis. The Federal Highway Administration guidance memorandum, ...