Jason Alloway, a builder with over 30 years of experience, is the owner of New Castle Steel, a company specializing in ...

Unfortunately, while these framing materials are much more durable than wood, they cost much more - one report estimates a steel-framed home costs about 14.2% more than an identical wood-framed ...

Until now, wood has been the framing material of choice because it's lightweight, readily available, and affordable. But there are valid reasons to rethink this material and start weighing ...

This course will examine how noncombustible steel deck framing makes it possible to meet stringent building and fire codes in Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) zones. Because steel is a Class A ...

Deadly five-alarm fire at SouthPark apartment building in Charlotte NC was wood frame construction, a common method for large projects ...

This means that, pound by pound, it will be much more expensive than steel at this point, more than 10 times in fact: $12.50 to $25 per pound for Superwood as opposed to steel’s $1 to $2 per pound.

The Mjøstårnet, an 18-storey mixed-use building constructed with engineered wood, overlooks Norway’s largest lake, in Brumunddal. (Woodify/YouTube) All over the world, architects and engineers ...

The company’s core goal is to improve the sustainability of construction projects. Building with wood instead of concrete and steel in 80% of new buildings would, according to a 2020 study by ...