Heading up Frank and Brenda Baker's driveway in Blissfield, Mich., the first thing you notice about their bungalow-styled house is the timber truss supporting the front porch. With its weathered wood ...

Panelized wood roofs have been in use for more than 40 years west of the Mississippi, where wood has always been plentiful, but the roofing system is new to regions east of the mighty river and in ...

While no building is truly fireproof, construction materials and systems can make a building fire safe. Fire-resistive construction gives time to discover a fire, suppress it before it spreads and ...

The New Model Building is based on 30 standard details said to offer the same fire resistance as conventionally constructed apartment buildings less than 18m high An industry consortium that includes ...