Many renovated buildings replace wood and masonry structural elements with steel. The replacement of heavy wooden roof and floor joists with the lighter steel open-web bar-truss joists is a common ...

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, ...

Steel Dynamics Inc. (SDI) has agreed to acquire from affiliates of Commercial Metals Company (CMC) the facilities and assets of CMC's former steel-joist manufacturing operations. When the purchase is ...