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Getting to there The arena roof is supported by timber purlins, steel roof trusses and reinforced concrete walls, columns and foundations.

Ireland is making its housing crisis worse by persisting with housing density policies which, in practice, mean that most new urban housing units are apartments or semi-detached homes. These cost ...

Seven wood trusses divide the nave into eight bays, and each bay has a semicircular arch dividing the nave from the side aisle. The roof trusses, purlins, and braces are stenciled in bright colors, ...

Because this is a cowboy church. Services are held inside a massive air-conditioned barn the size of a football field, with purlins, girts, and trusses all visible above the stage.

Steel erection involves the use of lots of different components and connectors. This page has all you need to know about roof trusses, purlins, girts, bolts, nuts and washers.

Steel erection involves the use of lots of different components and connectors. This page has all you need to know about roof trusses, purlins, girts, bolts, nu ...

Purlins (roof-supporting beams) were supposed to rest directly on the top bar of the truss but were instead supported by two thin welded plates.

Mass timber continues to be crucial in delivering carbon-neutral and energy-efficient buildings that, as the following products attest, rise to match the demands of each project.