Q: I have a house built in the late 1970s that has large beams exposed beyond the roof line. After more than 30 years of neglect and exposure there is a good deal of dry rot in them. I think I should ...

Many renovated buildings replace wood and masonry structural elements with steel. The replacement of heavy wooden roof and floor joists with the lighter steel open-web bar-truss joists is a common ...

Part of the roof of Calgary's Scotiabank Saddledome is falling apart. Literally. Documents obtained by CBC News through Alberta's Freedom of Information legislation show that pieces of concrete have ...