LANCASTER — Super-heated steel has a smell, an distinct mixture of sweat, carbon, iron, oil and heat. It rolls off the metal and permeates the air. The scent isn't offensive, but rather harkens to ...

Call it a crack, fracture, or split; either way, a steel box beam critical to the structural integrity of the Hernando de Soto I-40 bridge that connects Tennessee and Arkansas is damaged. Inspectors ...

Long a relic of an aviation vision that never came to fruition, Kansas City International Airport is joining the single-terminal world in a big way. Twenty-five 135-ft-long, 80,000-lb steel box beams ...

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