A new illustrated book, co-published by the International Code Council (ICC) and APA — The Engineered Wood Association, provides an explanation of the lateral bracing provisions of the 2018 ...

Q. I’m facing some building projects. One’s a tall deck, another is framing a garden shed, and then I need to help a friend with a room addition. I’m wondering about diagonal bracing. I don’t ...

Exposed trusses are exceptional architectural elements, at once structural -- they hold up the roof -- while modulating a space to give it scale and rhythm. But with the many truss types out there, ...