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Specialty building materials distributor US LBM has acquired its fourth structural building component manufacturer this year with the addition of Marshfield, WI-based Automated Products Inc. (API) ...

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When a project requires structural components that fit perfectly the first time, builders across Montana know where to turn. Muddy Creek Truss has spent two decades solving the complex puzzle of ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are developing a new approach to home construction that ...

Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have made recycled plastic into floor trusses for housing, arguing the waste stream could provide an abundant and sustainable structural building ...

The vast majority of floor trusses in homes are made with wood, at least in part due to its strength, light weight, cost efficiency and ease of installation. Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute ...

The completed floor system, pictured, shows four piles, two endcaps and four trusses. Credit: AJ Perez, et al. The plastic bottle you toss into the recycling bin today might one day help hold up the ...

OCALA, Fla. — Gleckler and Sons has announced the opening of a new 60,000-plus-square-foot facility in Ocala, Florida, further expanding its manufacturing and distribution presence across the state.

The plastic bottle discarded in the recycling bin might offer structural support for the future home. A team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology introduces their design, which hopes to turn ...

On left, the MIT HAUS large format 3D printer system deposits the first layer of a polymer composite 3D printed floor truss. A closeup of a notched joint is seen on right, and the assembled floor ...

Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a process for 3D printing construction-grade structural elements using recycled plastic. The team’s design is for a 3D ...