Monday afternoon, workers placed the last beam on top of the CRST building under construction in downtown Cedar Rapids. But not before a lot of people involved with that project had a chance to leave ...

The Steel Joist Institute (SJI) will be hosting its October webinar, titled "Open Web Steel Joists 101," which will highlight the basics of open web steel joists and joist girders. The webinar will be ...

Construction projects across the U.S. have been struggling with long delays, but one Houston industrial project is running ahead of schedule thanks to an innovative new design that removes the need ...

JUNEAU, Alaska - A 50-year-old Juneau man suffered serious lower leg injuries after a sport utility vehicle crashed through a barrier and knocked an I-beam onto his legs. The girder had to be removed ...

LINDEN — Three construction workers were injured this morning when they were apparently struck by steel girders while working at the former General Motors site in Linden, police said. Reports of the ...

Installation of huge cement girders like this one was halted at the new Goethals Bridge construction site Friday, when one of them fell from atop support columns shortly after being hoisted into place ...

The last steel girder has been lowered into place at Allentown’s downtown arena complex, putting the project on schedule for its September opening. Officials with construction manager Alvin H. Butz ...

The 2015 draft of the Steel Joist Institute’s “Single Joist Standard Specification for K-, LH-, and DLH-Series and Joist Girders” will be available for public review until May 31, 2014. The ...

Iron rods, girders and other construction materials were seen scattered on the street on Tuesday, a day after the accident. No warning sign or barrier was put in the places where the girders were ...

Building codes governing framed floors include an allowance for sagging, which sounds bad. But the allowable limit is 1/360 of the span, which isn’t much. Spread over a 45-foot-long joist — if you ...

Because a Type IV building is more robust and thus more fire resistive — strategically — than a leaner Type III building, they are listed out of order numerically. The August 2009 installment ...