When dealing with steel or masonry building and the fire extends into the plenum space, you generally have a limited amount of combustibles. However in a wood-frame building that is all you have.

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 ...

Design building components and systems in structural steel, reinforced and prestressed concrete, masonry, and/or timber. This flexible certificate will allow you to study high-level design topics ...

At the top of the list? Steel frame construction. ... The steel-framing industry, itself, is projected to grow to more than $58 billion by 2033, up from $35 billion in 2023, ...

Take Advanced Building Design Courses While Customizing Your Program. As you progress in the building designer program, you’ll master advanced topics in structural analysis, as well as courses in ...

Return of investment is emerging as an overriding criterion in our construction industry. Steel structures demand greater precision than those built with masonry or concrete frame, which cannot be ...

In the first few months of 2014, for example, fire disasters fueled by wood framing destroyed a four-story apartment community under construction in Salt Lake City; the five-story, 396-unit Axis ...

IG Masonry Support has helped bring architectural ambition to life at the Arc, supplying a full masonry support package, ...

[The steel reinforcements] help to resist to sideways forces . . . Structures built to modern building codes are 10 to 20 times more resistant, normally, to these kind of forces.