For over a century, wood pole structures have been used to support overhead powerlines. Over time, as the utility industry expanded, the basic wood pole structure has evolved, but regardless of ...

Welcome to building.co.uk. This site uses cookies. Read our policy. The first and second Steel Insight articles addressed the challenges of realistic cost estimating of structural steelwork through ...

Thanks to a number of key innovations, steel is playing a greater role in residential high-rises, senior and student housing, and taller mixed-use developments, says architect Jayshree Shah, AIA, ...

Cold-formed steel portal frames have emerged as a versatile and efficient structural system in modern construction. Their design exploits thin-walled steel sections, which are cold-formed to yield ...

Research at Case Western Reserve University has found that buildings that rock during an earthquake and return to plumb would withstand seismic shaking better than structural designs commonly used ...

A team in earthquake-prone Seattle is daring to deliver an 850-ft-tall “proof of concept” for a composite structural-steel frame, instead of a steel frame around a reinforced concrete core. For the ...

A fabricator welds across a large steel frame assembly inside a spacious workshop. The bright arc highlights precise joins as ...

Amtrak has completed the steel structural frame for its new maintenance and inspection (M&I) facility in Seattle, marking a ...