Ever been strolling through a hardware store or perhaps an auto parts establishment and wondered of the meaning behind the markings on the hundreds of thousands of bolt heads on the shelf? Whether you ...

Any one of a dozen reasons could explain why huge high-strength steel rods — 9 to 24 feet long — on the new Bay Bridge snapped. But there are no excuses for allowing the fasteners to break in the ...

Few things disturb us more than the bewilderment of a broken bolt or seized pipe plug in a casting. You're at a loss for how to get the darned thing out. This is when you have to slow down and come up ...

Caltrans is investigating a small, family-run company in Ohio that makes giant fasteners for public-works and nuclear-power projects - and is also looking at two of the company's subcontractors - to ...

Any one of a dozen reasons could explain why huge high-strength steel rods — 9 to 24 feet long — on the new Bay Bridge snapped. But there are no excuses for allowing the fasteners to break in the ...