The Metal Construction Association last week announced the winners of its 2013 Chairman’s Award, which recognizes metal building projects that employ innovation and creativity while showcasing how ...

In this article we will continue to look at building structural systems. Last month we discussed concrete, which is one of the most basic building construction components. To review, concrete is a ...

Once upon a time, all metal buildings pretty much looked the same. The original metal buildings—also known as pre-engineered buildings—were strictly utilitarian boxes available in a few standard sizes ...

Bringing a unique blend of financial expertise and collaborative leadership to the metal building construction industry, the ...

Navigating a turbulent economic landscape has become the order of the day for the metal construction industry. In a recent webinar hosted by METALCON Online, industry leaders came together to discuss ...

The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville's College of Engineering tested a full-scale steel beam against simulated earthquake ...

The live test showcased the capabilities of the College of Engineering's Civil Engineering Research and Education Center, where researchers subject full-scale structural components to extreme ...

Located in Sutton, Massachusetts, Package Steel Systems, Inc. has been a leading manufacturer of Pre-Engineered metal buildings in the Northeast since 1956. Within its 80,000 square foot, IAS ...

Building structures out of wood doesn’t seem like a particularly innovative idea—people have been building wood houses for centuries. But when it comes to new efforts to be sustainable, all-timber ...

In an implosion that produced a boom heard in New Jersey, the erstwhile home of one of the world’s great steelmakers recently passed into wreckage and dust. Onlookers lined the streets of Bethlehem, ...