Unexpected problems arose Monday afternoon during the demolition of the former Wright State University Kettering Center in downtown Dayton when a structural steel column “kicked away” from other ...

Engineers studying the collapsed Florida tower said there seemed to be less steel reinforcement in certain areas than would have been expected from the 1979 design drawings. Share full article ...

Metal building system builders have an option to use straight columns or tapered columns to hold up the structure. In many metal building applications, straight columns may have more steel than they ...