Following-up on last month's quick review of the five basic types of building construction, according to National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 220, Standard on Types of Building Construction ...

From the stand-point of architects and engineers, there’s a lot to like about metal building systems. The combination of design flexibility and high value-to-cost enable design professionals to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jeffrey Steele has been a freelance writer for one-third of a century. A custom, steel-fabricated FEMA Flood Zone and ...

On May 18, 2023, a five-alarm fire broke out at a construction site in SouthPark. Two men died as a result of the blaze. As investigators work to uncover the cause of last week’s deadly construction ...

Matt and Brooke Wright and Matt’s parents, Pat and Bud Wright, said they knew they wanted to “put up a metal building with a house inside” they would share on their 14-acre property in Arcadia, Fla.

What type of construction? You may be surprised. An important feature of a pre-incident plan is the classification of building construction. Classifying the type of building should be simple, quick ...