American homebuilders love lumber. Can they learn to love steel? Last year, 94% of all single-family homes built in the United States were “stick built,” according to industry data. Most of the ...

The framing system for Bone Structure homes is made of steel tubes manufactured in factories and designed to connect together on-site. Photo courtesy Bone Structure. It was the aspiration of ...

For centuries, building any house, and even many small commercial buildings, began with a frame of wood. But during the last decade, using steel studs to frame commercial buildings has increased and ...

Construction is a tedious and intricate process which involves a careful consideration of important factors. Choosing the size and type of the housing development comes down to available finances, ...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Researchers at the University of California, San Diego rocked and rattled a six-story steel frame building on a giant shake table Wednesday to see how the structure would withstand ...

Welcome to building.co.uk. This site uses cookies. Read our policy. The first and second Steel Insight articles addressed the challenges of realistic cost estimating of structural steelwork through ...