How Wood Trusses Supported the War Effort and Helped Expand the Components Industry Joe Kannapell, PE Published February 01, 2025 For most of the 20th century, engineers did not study nor would they normally specify wood trusses. Wood was thought to be suitable only for houses and barns, so steel was the material of choice – except when there wasn’t enough steel. That was the situation the Army Corps of... Read More