Engineering News-Record

California Civic Structure Opts for Timber and Reaps Rewards

Although initially conceived as a concrete structure, switching to timber as the primary building material proved to have a host of benefits. When San Mateo County set out to build a new office ...

Western Timber Frame Builds Timber Structures With Cabinetry Precision, Patented Engineering, And Integrated Power

Based in Payson, Utah, the company has delivered 6,000+ custom pergolas, pavilions, and cabanas nationwide using a ...

4 lessons from the mass timber movement

Our architecture, engineering, planning, and interiors design firm has been on the front lines of mass timber adoption for ...
CBS News

High-rise mass timber structures cleared for California

SACRAMENTO -- California building codes were updated in July to allow for the construction of mass timber buildings up to 18 stories tall. But what is mass timber, also known as cross laminated timber ...
archpaper

These mass timber composites make it easier to build all-wood structures

When we talk about timber innovation, we’re talking about mass timber. Between glue-laminated (glulam) beams, dowel-laminated timber (DLT), and cross-laminated timber (CLT), there’s a slew of ...
Engineering News-Record

Maine’s First Pure Mass-Timber Structure Rises at Bowdoin College

Timber erection began last month for the Center for Arctic Studies at Brunswick, Maine-based Bowdoin College despite an exceedingly wet summer, says Matt Tonello project executive at Consigli ...
ArchDaily

Expanding the Architectural Prospects of Timber in Its Natural Form

Timber has been a popular source of construction material for thousands of years. Through sawing, milling, and other engineered wood conversion processes, various wood forms have been created and ...
Nature

Fire Dynamics and Testing in Timber Structures

The integration of timber as a sustainable construction material has accelerated research into the fire dynamics and safety of timber structures. Studies in this field investigate the mechanisms of ...
KTVU

First-of-its kind, mass timber apartment high rise going up in Oakland

OAKLAND, Calif. - Construction was underway in Oakland for a first-of-its-kind high rise apartment building described as the tallest beamless mass plywood panel structure in the world. The 19-story, ...
ArchDaily

World's Largest Timber Structure Unveiled by Anders Berensson Architects

The cubic kilometer of stored logs will form the world’s largest timber structure and the largest man-made carbon dioxide storage built to date. Instead of burning timber for paper or fuel as it is ...
Business Wire

Wisconsin-Based WholeTrees Structures Hiring Two Leadership Positions for Maine Solid Structural Timber Fabrication Facility Expansion

BANGOR, Maine--(BUSINESS WIRE)--WholeTrees Structures is expanding its production capacity in Maine and is seeking to fill two key leadership positions for the ramp up of a new facility. WholeTrees is ...