DEAR TIM: I’m getting ready to build a large room addition that needs a beam to support the floor joists. I’ve been told that a wood beam will work, but I’ve always seen steel I-beams in other houses.

At the University of Toronto, just across the street from the football stadium, workers are putting up a 14-story building with space for classrooms and faculty offices. What’s unusual is how they’re ...

St. Louis' turn-of-the-century brick buildings are full of massive beams from old-growth forests. Kyle Howerton, a principal with St. Louis-based developer AHM Group, is working on a new high rise ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. On a cloudy day in early October, the architect Andrew Waugh ...

Tall timber buildings are on the rise. Design teams around the world are taking advantage of ever-evolving mass timber technologies, resulting in taller and taller structures. Building off our recent ...

NEW YORK, Aug 17 (Reuters) - From the street, 670 Union Street looks like one in a line of brick buildings on a tree-lined block in Brooklyn. But inside, exposed timber beams, columns and floorboards ...

Q: My house plan calls for steel beams that will support the floor joists and even parts of a brick wall. Can I substitute wood beams for steel? Is a steel I-beam hard to handle on the job site? Do ...

Wood is not a new construction material; in fact, it is one of the oldest. On almost every continent and in almost every culture, wood has been used to build shelter for many thousands of years. In ...