Trusses are a fundamental tool in an engineer’s toolbox — a structurally simple way to transfer weight from one part of a roof to the walls or columns that are designed to withstand the effects of ...

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The roof of the Sofa Super Store’s main showroom, where six of the firefighters’ bodies were found, was supported by a steel truss. Before his death in 2006, building construction expert Frank ...

Just off the Las Vegas Strip, and within the footprint of the world’s tallest observation wheel, contractors’ weekly lifts of massive 315-ft-long steel trusses are key features of the $375-million ...

truss— A framework of triangulated forms in which all loads are carried by compression or tension in each member of the frame.With apologies to the legacy of the late, great Professor Frank Brannigan, ...

The construction of the $1.8 billion, 65,000-seat domed Las Vegas stadium hit a snag last week, but officials say it’s nothing to be alarmed about. One of the massive steel canopy trusses was ...