Investigators believe inadequate fireproofing of steel beams may explain why the twin towers in New York collapsed so rapidly after they were hit by hijacked airliners on 11 September.

Sherwin-Williams broke ground on its headquarters in January 2022, and the final steel beam was installed in December 2023. The 1 million-square-foot complex will include a tower, atrium, and ...

Q. I’m getting ready to build a large room addition that needs a beam to support the floor joists. I’ve been told that a wood beam will work, but I’ve always seen steel I-beams in other houses.

NIST researchers spent months meticulously recreating the long concrete floors supported by steel beams commonly found in high-rise office buildings, only to set the structures ablaze. These ...

Four months after Tower 100 at the Renaissance Center opened in July 1976, the maker of a fireproofing chemical called Monokote said its product would sheath the internal steel beams of Detroit's ...

Enhanced safety measures are being made for structures that are exposed to liquefied natural gas (LNG) fire. Dr. Filippo Gavelli from Blue Engineering and Consulting Company (BLUE) and Dr. Qingsheng ...

Fireproofing sprayed onto steel beams and trusses. Source: National Institute of Standards and Technology. Chicago Tribune – See microfilm for complete graphic.

Firefighters learned en route to the scene that someone was pinned by a steel beam that had gone through the cab. Skip to content. NOWCAST Pittsburgh's Action News 4 at 11pm.

DEAR TIM: I’m getting ready to build a large room addition that needs a beam to support the floor joists. I’ve been told that a wood beam will work, but I’ve always seen steel I-b… ...