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, ...

Unlike conventional construction, lightweight wood truss construction does not obtain its strength from the size of the materials used but rather from compression and tension of the materials used in ...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a law Wednesday that could make firefighting a bit safer by mandating property owners inform government and first-responders when they build or rehabilitate a building using ...

A bill aimed at notifying first responders of homes made of truss construction, which experts say can be more easily weakened by fires, has passed the State Legislature. The legislation, which heads ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ACS American Construction Source (“ACS”), a leading national building materials platform for custom home builders and repair and remodel contractors, backed by ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 09, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CanWel Building Materials Group Ltd. (“CanWel” or “the Company”) (TSX:CWX; CWX.NT.A) today announced that through its Honsador Group of ...