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In Corvallis, Oreg., the Jen-Hsun Huang and Lori Mills Huang Collaborative Innovation Complex at Oregon State University aims to achieve a distinction among the world’s experimental research labs: It will be the first all-mass-timber lab meeting rigorous vibration criteria (2000 micro-inches per second, or MIPS).
The Cowichan District Hospital Replacement Project in Duncan, British Columbia, features an expansive community hall featuring mass timber construction. The hall, designed to promote social interaction and connection to give patients, families, and staff a warm and welcoming environment, connects a Diagnostic and Treatment (“D&T”) Block and Inpatient Tower.
Mass timber is a materials and design approach that holds immense potential to transform the future of the commercial building industry, as well as our environment.
BD+C Editors break down May's top 15 building products, from Durat and CaraGreen's Durat Plus to Zurn Siphonic Roof Drains.
Colorburst panels are available in four stock options—Robin Egg Blue, Viridian Green, Haute Pink, and Cascade White—as well as custom colors.
Products will now have to be labeled as compliant to the new rules.
The campaign asserts that not enough is known about CLT in construction
To lessen the carbon footprint, Terrace House in Vancouver will be made of wood sourced from British Columbia.
![The history of building with wood [infographic]](/sites/default/files/styles/list_big/public/Richmond_Olympic_Oval_intern_View.jpg?itok=CT3sQmdz "The history of building with wood [infographic]")
The first timber home was built 10,000 years ago. Now 40-story wood skyscrapers are being constructed.
When you’re building the largest timber-frame structure in the world, you don’t want an open flame anywhere near the construction site.
The development acts as a transition area between a traditional urban landscape and parklands.
The structure, which will be made entirely out of cross-laminated timber, will rise 436 feet into the air, making it Stockholm’s tallest building.
American Wood Council Document offers design information for structural applications.
The National Frame Building Association released an infographic showing just how far the industry has come since the colonial Jamestown days.
