WEST OLIVE, Mich. – Officials say that the wrong type of beams were used in the construction of a deck that collapsed and injured several people at Pine Bend Park earlier this month. Ottawa County ...
PORT SHELDON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — An inspection has found that a deck at an Ottawa County venue was built with unsuitable material, causing it to collapse under a group of people earlier this ...
"LVL is no longer just an alternative, it’s becoming a standard in engineered wood solutions" RedBuilt’s laminated veneer lumber beams, headers, and columns offer engineered strength, dimensional ...
Welcome back to the "Behold the Beam" series of articles. In part three (Firehouse®, September 2010) of the series, we discussed the first five of the 13 common types of beams that firefighters can ...
The reinforcement of timber beams using composite materials has emerged as a transformative strategy in modern structural engineering. Researchers have developed innovative methods for enhancing the ...
Structural composite lumber, such as laminated veneer lumber (LVL), laminated strand lumber (LSL), parallel strand lumber (PSL), oriented strand lumber (OSL) (in development) and steam-pressed scrim ...