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 ...

With floor trusses, however, “the height of the floor truss can affect the design of the whole building, especially when you’re looking to accommodate mechanicals in those floor trusses,” he says. For ...

The collapse of a roof of a vacant, condemned warehouse in Midtown, also in December, did not have the poor truss design, but the building was “grossly underbuilt” starting in the 1950s, he said.

Truss Systems by HPM offers products for all types of jobs on Maui, both residential and commercial, including precision-engineered wood roof trusses and floor trusses; metal trusses that are ...