Most new home construction now utilizes pre-engineered and built roof trusses, as opposed to traditional rafter framing to form the roof structure of the house. This type of framing construction ...

This lets truss structures carry heavy weight or reach across long distances. A roof needs to hold a lot of weight. It rests on columns and beams. Beams are pieces of material arranged horizontally.

Councils are made aware of "potential issues" with certain roof types after a collapse at a school in Aberdeenshire.

It was determined that construction crews were putting up roof trusses on a building that was under construction when one of the trusses fell. Two construction workers were treated for minor ...