When you spot a damp patch blooming across a wall, it is tempting to blame the shingles overhead and call it a roof leak. In ...

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 ...

When a fire occurs on a roof of a commercial building, it is often a spectacular event. Thick, black smoke is usually showing, often from miles away, and at first glance it can appear that the ...

The roofs of at least three commercial buildings in Anchorage have already collapsed under heavy snow loads this winter, including one off Schoon Street on Monday, with months of winter to go. No one ...

Asbury Woods' Nature Center, for the past two decades, has utilized a green roof, also known as a vegetative roof, made of living plants. Green roofs offer environmental benefits such as reducing ...