SANTA MARIA 77 Dozens of homes in Santa Maria are being built with lightweight, triangular roof trusses composed of lumber held together with a sheet metal fastener bearing hooks 3/8-of-an-inch deep.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Some big changes are coming to the Dome at Syracuse University as the new roof begins to take shape. The first pieces of the “crown truss” were put in place Thursday. It’s part of a ...

Trusses are a fundamental tool in an engineer’s toolbox — a structurally simple way to transfer weight from one part of a roof to the walls or columns that are designed to withstand the effects of ...

Tariffs, automation and labor shortages, all inside a facility that builds trusses — the products that literally hold up your roof. As part of our ongoing series “The Age of Work,” about how ...