FRIGHTENING MOMENTS CAPTURED ON VIDEO. LIKE BOWLING PINS A STEEL BEAM FALLS INTO ANOTHER THEN ANOTHER BRINGING DOWN PART OF FRAME ON THE CONSTRUCTION SITE A CLOSE-UP SHOWS THE FRIGHTENING MOMENTS FOR ...

In civil engineering, flexural beams are used to control the effect of vibrations that can cause cracks to appear in surfaces (concrete slabs) and beams. This is particularly important in buildings ...

“To be able to customize the beams in situ makes it possible to adapt the characteristics of each of them to the structural needs at each point of construction," says team member Miguel Sánchez. The ...

DES PLAINES, Ill. -- A construction worker was killed and three others were hurt after a 45-ton bridge beam fell along I-90 over Touhy Avenue in northwest suburban Des Plaines. 1 of 12 Four people ...

Monday's topping-off ceremony, which involved putting the Andersen Building's final steel beam into place, celebrated the building's structural integrity. The proton beam equipment arrives next year.