This story originally posted Sept. 3, 2019. For a growing crop of revolutionary constructions in Oregon, wood is the new steel. The canopy of a redesigned Hayward Field is built from mass timber, a ...

Portland-based mass timber construction company Timberlab Inc, announced plans Friday to construct and operate a new cross-laminated timber manufacturing facility in the Willamette Valley. Samuel ...

Ben is committed to mass timber construction and believes it is the future of sustainable development. He is an advocate for its efficient construction, environmentally responsible development, safety ...

Mass timber building advocates are encouraged by the results of the world’s first blast tests on full-scale structures framed with the renewable construction material. The performance metrics and ...

Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) was initially developed in Europe as an alternative to stone, masonry and concrete construction. It is essentially mass timber plates made from smaller framing lumber ...

The mass timber industry’s promise of low carbon emissions through state-of-the-art laminated wood products has resulted in steady adoption across a construction industry long bogged down by high ...

A manufacturing facility in northwest Montana is helping transform the way buildings are constructed in the United States by ...

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This strong, aesthetically pleasing, low-carbon alternative to concrete and steel is growing by leaps and bounds, and not just in height. Mass timber has many attractive qualities. It is strong and ...

Industrial buildings are among the best examples of Louis Sullivan's famous phrase "form follows function." Generally, they are functional, efficient buildings, quick to build and unornamented. That ...

Cross-laminated timber panels consist of layers of solid-sawn lumber at right angles to each other, bonded with structural adhesive. Mass-timber-structure enthusiasts are calling results of recent ...