Structural steel is a category of steel used for making construction materials in various shapes. Many structural steel shapes take the form of an elongated beam having a profile of a specific ...

Manufactured by CMC Steel Products of Rockwall, Texas, SmartBeam castellated beams are an alternative to traditional steel I-beams for roof and floor structures. The beams are manufactured using a ...

This study investigates recent incidents of slabs collapse in reinforced concrete T-beam constructions attributed to deficiencies in design detailing and execution. It employs numerical analyses using ...

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Structural steel is a type of construction material that is made from specific grades of steel. It is manufactured in a range of industry standard cross-sectional shapes. Structural steel grades are ...

Structural steel plays a key role in the construction industry due to its strength, versatility, and sustainability. Structural steel is essential to modern architecture and infrastructure, serving as ...

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 ...

Q. I'm getting ready to build a large room addition that needs a beam to support the floor joists. I've been told that a wood beam will work, but I've always seen steel I-beams in other houses. Is it ...