The Grand Ring, a symbol of Expo 2025 to take place in Osaka next year, is one of the largest wooden structures on earth.

But they usually top out at just two or three stories. Now, thanks to a new technology called "mass timber" construction, wood can replicate the strength of steel beams and concrete – to a ...

Our goal is to implement a complete system that removes barriers, lowers costs, and reduces risk for mass timber construction. Team members will work in four areas to implement these actions. The ...

The Mass Timber Demonstration Fire Test Program has shown that mass timber buildings perform similarly to noncombustible constructionPhoto courtesy of Canadian Wood Council In the quest for ...

A joint venture of McCarthy Building Companies and Barnsley Construction Group recently topped off the Brookhaven CIty Centre in Georgia, that state's first municipal building made with mass timber.

The tower uses a new technology called mass timber. In this kind of construction, massive, manufactured wood elements that can extend more than half the length of a football field replace steel ...

Mass timber is part of a worldwide construction shift towards prefabrication and offsite construction. Prefabricated buildings made from sustainable sourced mass timber are a huge environmental and ...

As mass timber adoption disrupts the traditional approach to structural systems, this year we’ll explore how that disruption can help reshape all of the construction process! Join us on February 22 ...

Architecture studios BIG and A+ Architecture have revealed the design for the mass-timber Marengo Multimodal Transport ... Within the building, partition walls will be constructed from rammed earth ...

As the world looks for and transitions to more environmentally friendly ways to build, timber building design has risen to the top of structural engineering and architecture as an alternative. Mass ...

Mid-rise buildings (7-12 storeys), rare in B.C. but growing and important for densification and livability, are well suited for prefabricated mass timber construction. They help support significant ...

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