Safety concerns following the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 led to building safety codes that limited the use of wood in construction. While it was one of the first and most common materials used to make ...

An updated APA Engineered Wood Construction Guide, Form E30, is now available. First published in 1962, the guide has become the authoritative document on building engineered wood floors, walls, and ...

Mike Dyer, one of the owners of Western Wood Structures in Tualatin, Oregon, has over four decades of experience building with mass timber. As a former sales representative for a glulam manufacturer ...

LEESBURG, Va. – The American Wood Council (AWC) has released a revised 2015 Manual for Engineered Wood Construction, which contains design information for structural lumber, glued laminated timber, ...

National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 220: Standard on Types of Building Construction, defines the types of buildings based on combustibility and the fire-resistance rating of their structural ...

A rendering of 90 Arboretum Ave. at the Pease Tradeport, which will be the state’s first engineered-wood building. Credit: Courtesy SGA Architects Sign up for the Concord Monitor's morning newsletter ...

At a time when sustainability and ESG (environmental, social, and governance) concerns are prevalent, there is a crucial need to focus on a sector that accounts for 38% of all global CO₂ emissions and ...

Scientists have figured out a way to engineer wood to trap carbon dioxide through a potentially scalable, energy-efficient process that also makes the material stronger for use in construction. Rice ...

Solar energy has a simple but annoying weakness. It disappears when the sun does.

Manufacturer of mass ply veneer-based wood products Freres Engineered Wood is planning a host of upgrades and innovations at its Oregon plants in 2024. Freres currently operates six plants across ...

A major development in sustainable architecture has enabled researchers to convert ordinary timber into an advanced thermal ...