About 80 years ago, the bowstring truss roof became a popular construction element in the United States. Prior to 1960, it was reportedly one of the most common design types for commercial and ...

Lack of recognition of key aspects related to building construction is one of the top five common threads when analyzing firefighter fatality case studies. A good number of times, this lack of ...

Sep. 6—MOUNT CARBON — The expert hired to restore the Mount Carbon bowstring iron truss bridge says the 128-year-old span is a real historical gem. "On a preservation scale, it's a nine or 10," Doug ...

Blacksburg, Va. – An unusual bowstring truss iron bridge that carried traffic across Roaring Run in Bedford County, Va. for almost 100 years is now a picturesque footbridge at the I-81 Ironto, Va.

A team led by architect Perkins&Will and Thompson Construction is creatively using inverted bowstring trusses to transform a Tulsa Macy’s department store built in 1994 into a new city icon—the slick ...

The reverse bowstring truss system is installed in the Strings Music Pavilion. For two decades, the city of Steamboat Springs, CO, held its classical and popular music concerts in a large tent. In ...

Today marks the 46th anniversary of the Waldbaum’s Supermarket Fire in Brooklyn, N.Y. Six FDNY firefighters died on Aug. 2, 1978, when the wooden bowstring truss roof of the supermarket collapsed ...