The Washington County Historic Courthouse in Stillwater was closed to the public on Wednesday afternoon after crews discovered a fracture in one of the heavy timber trusses holding up the roof of ...

Mike Terpak explains why the design/construction of churches, including heavy timber ones, presents numerous challenges for ...

When Julieann Shanahan decided to turn a peaceful plot in the corner of her Villanova property into a family retreat, she ...

The courthouse abruptly closed in June 2022 for several months when crews discovered a fracture in one of the heavy timber trusses holding up the roof of the 1870 building.

Cracks in the trusses were spotted as employees were arriving to work at the Alcom building on the Bonner Mill site, according to the owner of the Bonner Mill Industrial Park Steve Nelson. Nelson ...

The historic waterfront building had to be raised up by updating the foundation with galvanized steel pile extensions to meet the surrounding neighborhood street level. For the rehabilitation of ...

truss — A framework of triangulated forms in which all loads are carried by compression or tension in each member of the frame.. It is time for the fire service to make peace with an old nemesis ...