DEAR TIM: 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.

Q. Can you tell me a few things about the wood beam I uncovered while doing a plumbing repair? How is it possible for this beam to carry the load of everything above it? I'm worried it might not be ...

Availability of manufactured mass timber elements that can be used in high-rise construction projects is increasing in the U.S. The latest line of timber beams and columns was recently announced by ...

The canopy consists of a 145 x 45mm tongued-and-grooved timber deck with a two-layer turf roof system supported by eight 450 x 135mm tapered glulam beams. To minimise the number of columns required ...