However, if you are in doubt, simply check the house blueprints or consult with a professional structural engineer. What type of wood is used for load-bearing beams? A range of different wood ...

Study connection design, shear walls and diaphragms, arches and tapered beams, modeling, and loading. Timber structural design is a historical strength of the department. Take advantage of this unique ...

Police said a man and a woman were hit by the falling beam at Radius Chicago, 640 W. Cermak Rd., around 1:30 a.m. on Saturday.

The four beams on Derwent Walk have been damaged and one has fallen over Wooden beams supporting a ... Council said it was sending members of its structural engineering team to inspect the supports.

Many of the structural wooden beams arrived in Cambridge having been transported up the river Cam after they were salvaged from wrecked sailing ships. A main supporting beam beneath the dancefloor ...

Two people were injured after a wooden beam fell from the ceiling of a Southwest Side music venue early Saturday morning.