PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – Providence building officials believe bracing on roof trusses failed, causing the collapse of an under-construction church addition over the weekend, Target 12 has learned.

The inadequate installation of a steel roof truss led to the collapse of a section of roof being erected over the new Washington convention center, according to engineering reports released yesterday.

Following NASA’s recent results with truss-braced wing airplanes and the benefits this could bring to full-sized airplanes, [Think Flight] figured that if it helps with those airplanes, perhaps it may ...

Q. I’m facing some building projects. One’s a tall deck, another is framing a garden shed, and then I need to help a friend with a room addition. I’m wondering about diagonal bracing. I don’t ...