Abstract: Several aerospace structures, including fuselage, wing ribs and solar arrays, utilize truss assemblies. In addition to providing the required strength and structure assembly, truss ...

In early May, the joint-venture team of BE&K Building Group and Turner Construction Co. celebrated the setting of the first steel trusses at Boeing’s Charleston 787 Final Assembly facility project in ...

Construction crews on the Las Vegas Stadium have begun one of the most difficult — and most dangerous — aspects of the project. Over the next few weeks, crews will lift 22 65-ton canopy trusses into ...

Open Joist 2000 is the product name for a type of floor-truss system being used in today's building construction. According to the manufacturer, Open Joist Inc. of Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Open Joist ...

Spanningthe length of a football field (including the end zones) and weighingapproximately the same as a loaded space shuttle orbiter, the InternationalSpace Station's (ISS) integrated truss, or ...

Orbital Assembly Corporation, a company that claims to be the "first large-space space construction company" on its website, has unveiled an early prototype robot capable of churning out parts for a ...