Along with the foundation, posts and beams are the backbone of a house frame. A beam is a horizontal support and a post is a ...

Steel doesn’t burn and termites can’t eat it. Two good reasons why steel framing is used as an alternative to wood framing. But despite the differences in the two materials, steel frame is used to ...

Q. I'm doing some remodeling work and I have to construct some interior wood walls. I haven't done this before and don't want to make mistakes. It doesn't seem too hard — actually it appears to be ...

In the last two articles we looked at concrete and steel, two of the basic building blocks of commercial construction. This month we will discuss wood and how it is used in commercial construction. As ...

Using steel instead of wood in the construction of framing for new homes is becoming increasingly popular. Steel has significant advantages over wood, according to Jerry Hughes, owner of Anaco ...

A new housing development set to open in Folsom in March is being built with a unique framing technology and design by Japanese homebuilder Sekisui House. Called Shawood at Folsom, located at 4641 ...

Q: We're considering erecting a 4,000-square-foot steel frame home (from Heritage Building Systems) on our ranch in Turlock in Stanislaus County. Please discuss the merits/demerits of a steel (not ...

Four years ago, the Pritzker Prize–winner Tadao Ando spectacularly converted a 1920s apartment building in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago into exhibition spaces for a gallery named—in ...