The Steel Joist Institute (SJI) will be hosting its October webinar, titled "Open Web Steel Joists 101," which will highlight the basics of open web steel joists and joist girders. The webinar will be ...

For years, the steel joist industry standard has been that loads either need to be applied at panel points, or a member brace (strut) must be added in the field. In response to inquiries from ...

When selecting products, builders must account for spans—the clear distances between supports. Spans are based on uniform gravity loads and may be evaluated for wind. Typically, the design of ...

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 ...

Vulcraft Group recently modeled, manufactured and delivered $487,000 in joist and decking for the development of Regions Field, the new baseball stadium of Birmingham’s minor league team, the Barons. ...

Black Diamond Capital Management said it acquired Valley Joist, a provider of steel joists and decking, from conglomerate Ebsco Industries Inc. Founded in 1958, Valley Joist makes steel joist ...