This is what started everything,” said Steel historian and 40-year Bethlehem Steel engineer, Charles Martin, as he sketched a diagram of the wide-flange beam design. “Without this beam ...

Q. 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: 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. Is ...

The beams are manufactured using a standard wide-flange steel beam that is cut in half longitudinally using a circular- or hexagonal-shaped web cut. The two halves are separated, staggered, and welded ...

A 3,000-pound steel I-beam pulled from the World Trade Center debris almost 23 years ago after the Sept. 11 terrorist attack and later gifted to Poudre Fire Authority has found its final resting ...

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-b… ...