by Team Miracle Truss | Oct 12, 2017 | Strong & Flexible Buildings
One must have priorities. In Virginia, one of those priorities is to make sure that you never have to choose between school and amusement parks. The state’s academic calendar is, for the most part, determined by amusement parks. Here’s the backstory: The year is 1986....
by Team Miracle Truss | Oct 10, 2017 | Strong & Flexible Buildings
Your local building codes prevent you from just going out and constructing something on your property. The overriding reason for this is safety. A lot of things can be set up to be DIY, but making sure a building meets local safety standards is not one of them. Why...
by Team Miracle Truss | Oct 7, 2017 | Strong & Flexible Buildings
Rectangular. That’s the shape of the flag representing the United States of America, as well as 49 of the states comprising the country. There’s one outlier: Ohio. Ohio has a swallowtail-shaped flag. To commemorate its ranking as the 17th state to be admitted to the...
by Team Miracle Truss | Oct 6, 2017 | Strong & Flexible Buildings
Up or down. Those are usually the two places guys look when they start to give some thought about the location of their man cave. Up in the attic. Down in the basement. Wait—there’s just not enough room in the attic! And the basement? Really? There’s another place to...
by Team Miracle Truss | Sep 28, 2017 | Strong & Flexible Buildings
Quick. What’s the first thing that comes to mind about New Jersey? Most people know it’s called the “Garden State.” Give yourself a pat on the back if that’s what you said, too. But, do you know how the state got its nickname? That credit goes to a man named Abraham...
by Team Miracle Truss | Sep 26, 2017 | Strong & Flexible Buildings
The first part of this looked at the mostly unknown side of steel as a green building material gave us insight into how the industry has worked to make it the most recycled substance on the planet. That alone might be enough reason to select steel as the material of...
