Mission Specialists Joe Tanner and Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper wrapped up STS-115’s first spacewalk at 11:43 a.m. EDT. Their efforts centered on preparing the P3/P4 truss for operation. The new truss ...

The contractor for the $453-million steel-superstructure portion of the widening of the Huey P. Long Bridge in New Orleans is working out the last details of an erection sequence that is faster, safer ...

Ultimately, eight years of planning all came down to eight hours and about 700 ft—the distance traveled by a nearly 400-ft-long, 4.3-million-lb railroad truss on four self-propelled modular ...

Wood truss construction surged in popularity in the 1960s and ’70s, but back then most buildings that used metal-plate-connected wood trusses had flat ceilings. With today’s CAD and BIM technology, ...

Discovery astronauts completed the first major task of their mission yesterday, installing a 2-ton truss on the International Space Station’s main backbone during a six-hour spacewalk. While veteran ...

In Episode 13 of the Dream Shop Build Series, we install a heavy-duty girder truss designed to support the roof and second-story mezzanine. This video also covers framing the final wall in preparation ...