Do you think that steel beams are only reserved for skyscrapers and malls? Nah, reconsider. Increasing numbers of homeowners ...

While no steel buildings collapsed in Northridge, roughly 50 structures collapsed in the 1995 Kobe, Japan earthquake, which killed more than 6,000 people and caused $100 billion in damage.

But the advances in steel frame construction in the later 19th century allowed for much taller buildings. With mass timber buildings, wooden layers are laminated together, using nails, dowels or glue.

The latest Construction Markets annual survey commissioned by BCSA and Tata Steel shows that in 2011 steel frames accounted for 67.7% of all non-domestic framed multi-storey construction in the UK ...

Standard steel portal frame construction dominates the sector, but other steel solutions, such as trusses, long span beams and fabricated sections may also be used to achieve the required long spans.

Timber frame and post and beam construction are both beautiful methods of constructing a house. Most people don't know the difference between the two types. Included here is a short comparison of ...