A new guide describes how builders can increase the structural and energy performance of a home with a raised-heel truss construction system. According to the publisher of the guide, APA – The ...

Wood truss construction surged in popularity in the 1960s and ’70s, but back then most buildings that used metal-plate-connected wood trusses had flat ceilings. With today’s CAD and BIM technology, ...

A bill aimed at notifying first responders of homes made of truss construction, which experts say can be more easily weakened by fires, has passed the State Legislature. The legislation, which heads ...

Below beams more than 35 feet high, workers scamper around an assembly area and join together pieces of wood that soon will sit on top of a house. Abner Yoder points to the beams supporting the roof ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ACS American Construction Source (“ACS”), a leading national building materials platform for custom home builders and repair and remodel contractors, backed by ...

A framework of triangulated forms in which all loads are carried by compression or tension in each member of the frame. I will now introduce you to three simple and effective tools that will ...

A historically accurate replica of a wooden truss destroyed by fire at Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral on view at the National Building Museum's Great Hall. (Courtesy the National Building Museum) The ...