It's been a rough eight games for the Ducks ( 8-14, 1-10 Big Ten), losing players left and right to injuries and in the home matchup against... With the football season coming to an end, it’s time for ...

Engineers at MIT have recycled "dirty plastic into building products for homes that are lighter, more durable, and sustainable." ...

NAHB Finds 48% of Single-Family Home Builders Could Not Find Framing Crews in Q1 2013, Up 30% from 2012 To assist builders with time- and labor-saving measures, MiTek also announced that the component ...

Roof framing has undergone a quiet revolution over the past half century. Trusses are gradually replacing the conventional rafters, to the point that nowadays more than 80 percent of new residential ...

Darl Yoder knows change is hard. So he realizes that persuading local builders to switch to steel framing after they've used lumber for generations is an uphill battle. But it's an effort that his ...

It’s best to have one continuous top and tie plate, but that’s not possible on longer walls. When multiple plates are necessary, keep top plate end joints a minimum of 24 in. away from tie plate end ...

Early in 2002, Craig McNay was having lunch with his old friend Bill Gerdes, a steel fabricator from Quincy, Ill., when he mentioned that he was serving as the owner's rep for a Miglin Properties ...

Halifax company charged after employee falls from roof of building and dies HALIFAX – A Halifax company has been charged in the workplace death of a 47-year-old man. Nova Scotia’s Labour Department ...