POP Projects is a collection of new and classic projects from more than a century of Popular Mechanics. Master skills, get tool recommendations, and, most importantly, build something of your very own ...

Keywords: NEESWOOD Project. Light-frame construction. Wood-frame structures. Residential structures. Performance-based seismic design. Full-scale tests. Shaking ...

While no building is truly fireproof, construction materials and systems can make a building fire safe. Fire-resistive construction gives time to discover a fire, suppress it before it spreads and ...

Large frame awnings and fabric structures are what most of us in the industry want, or at least a few of them per year. They ...