As Sound Transit expands its coverage of Puget Sound, light-rail is a key component to moving passengers. But Sound Transit is also relying on a different kind of rail system to build a key component ...

The staggered-truss structural system incorporating steel trusses was developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the late 1960s. However, designers' interest in the system has lagged ...

Open Joist 2000 is the product name for a type of floor-truss system being used in today's building construction. According to the manufacturer, Open Joist Inc. of Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Open Joist ...

Q. Tim, I grew up in an older home with an attic. I love storing things up there. When I watch new homes being built, all I see are trusses with all sorts of cross supports that make it impossible to ...

The Earl Monroe New Renaissance Basketball School in the Bronx features three floors of classrooms above an 8,000-sq-ft ground-floor gym. January 26, 2026 When the Earl Monroe New Renaissance ...

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 ...