The roof can be supported by columns or fabricated of heavy timber truss. The common truss configurations are: flat and constructed of parallel chords triangular-shaped bowstring-shaped Floors are ...

Timber trusses are wooden structural frameworks used to support roofs or other heavy structures. Fabricated from a series of triangles linked by a ridge beam and purlins, wooden trusses are ...

The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), defines heavy timber construction as a ... You may find some of the earliest forms of trusses, especially if the roof is pitched.

Photos: Take a peek at how construction on the Upper Macungie Township Community Lifestyle Center at Grange Park is coming ...

The Washington County Historic Courthouse in Stillwater was closed to the public on Wednesday afternoon after crews discovered a fracture in one of the heavy timber trusses holding up the roof of ...

Upper Macungie Township will soon be home to a188,000-square-foot Community Lifestyle Center at Grange Park, a ...

A major part of the restoration was structural. Heavy timber trusses supporting the roof and second story hay loft had sagged and crushed existing support columns; support deflections were upwards ...

For that reason, most of the timber truss bridges built in the United States ... when Allied bombardiers used conventional heavy bombs to blow out two of the bridge’s central spans.