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 ...

Public and private partners support the test to prove mass timber's seismic resilience. OREGON CITY, OR / ACCESSWIRE / May 10, 2023 / Practical testing is underway at the University of California San ...

The recent trend in timber-framed architecture may just be beginning. The 36 foot by 8 foot specimen, modeled after the typical size of a structural bay, was constructed out of a Cross-Laminate Timber ...

Neutral publishes the results of a successful, first-of-its-kind 3-hour fire test for a hybrid mass timber building assembly with standard connectors for free use by industry practitioners. These ...

US architecture studio Lever Architecture and a team of researchers have successfully tested the earthquake-resistant capabilities of a 10-storey, mass-timber building in California. Carried out early ...

Structural engineer Thomas Wu remembers scribbling his initial calculations for a new kind of floor panel for high-rise buildings on a kitchen cloth. “I did them from a sketching,” said Wu, whose ...