Floor members are normally called joists, purlins, beams, or girders. Roof members are also known as rafters. Purlins, which support floors, roofs, and decks, are relatively close in spacing. Beams ...

To create an exposed beam look, you can remove the ceiling drywall and expose the joists. Learn about beams and joists, what ...

I’m sure you’ve driven across or seen large steel truss bridges that are made by combining any number of huge steel beams ...

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A post-tensioned girder system was created to de-load the existing truss and provide support for the future tower. A total of three post-tensioned concrete girders, each 41 ft. deep, 4.5 ft.

New abutments, beams and decking have since been built to support it, and now the bridge is being reassembled. Its restored latticework trusses were set in place last week. Contractors now are working ...

Examples include a 60 Hz power grid, the spacing between railroad tracks, and of course the self-contained attic ladder which is made to fit in between standard spaced ceiling joists. It’s not ...

exposing beams to reveal an intriguing insight into the building’s history. This concept was conceived from early research into the Katsura Imperial Villa in Kyoto, Japan. The house was stripped back ...

Truss won the leadership of the Conservative Party, which the UK electorate had voted into power, by promising a range of deep tax cuts and government spending increases. Whatever one might think ...

The queue at conference was a mile long for “Liz Truss in conversation with Tim Stanley”. They were calling it “this generation’s Frost/Nixon”, though I had a nightmare of it turning into Parkinson vs ...

Concerns about councils 'going bankrupt' following 'Liz Truss budget' There are concerns in central government about local councils going bankrupt, a senior political journalist has told Sky News.