A well-built frame is critical to the quality and longevity of a structure. While the responsibility for building design rests with the architect and the engineer of record, the framer has a large ...

In the last two articles we looked at concrete and steel, two of the basic building blocks of commercial construction. This month we will discuss wood and how it is used in commercial construction. As ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Rockford Construction, the team behind countless projects throughout West Michigan, has a new ...

Mike Pelky, residential framer in Arizona, talks about the challenges, value and success of a fall safety program his company instituted Mike Pelky is a residential rough framer working in Arizona. In ...

Post and beam and timber frame are both beautiful methods of building but most people think of them as one and the same. Although they are similar, there are subtle differences between them. Both are ...

The National Frame Building Association (NFBA) released a pictoral history of post-frame construction, an engineered wood-frame building system that produces buildings with large posts or laminated ...