you tape the joints and it’s this perfectly flat wood floor basically. It’s safer from that perspective.” Rather, the biggest thing holding developers back from mass timber tends to be its ...

Our goal is to implement a complete system that removes barriers, lowers costs, and reduces risk for mass timber construction. Team members will work in four areas to implement these actions. The ...

On the Central Washington University campus in Ellensburg, Washington, a new mass timber complex is under construction and is ...

Mass timber is part of a worldwide construction shift towards prefabrication and offsite construction. Prefabricated buildings made from sustainable sourced mass timber are a huge environmental and ...

Heartwood, a new mass-timber apartment building in Seattle is for sale, developer Community Roots Housing said Feb. 6. An ...

Plans are gaining momentum in Milwaukee for two mass timber-concrete hybrid buildings, including one that would rise more than 50 stories tall and thereby gain the title of the tallest such struc ...

Mass timber’s natural warmth and comforting aesthetics reduced the need for many interior finishes, like drywall, wall coverings, and dropped ceilings throughout the building. Limiting these finishes ...

BU’s Pardee School of Global Studies would occupy the 12-story tower at 250 Bay State Road, consolidating classrooms and ...

The Mass Timber Demonstration Fire Test Program has shown that mass timber buildings perform similarly to noncombustible constructionPhoto courtesy of Canadian Wood Council In the quest for ...

ANN ARBOR, MI — An eight-story housing development using prefabrication and mass timber is proposed for an unassuming slice of land on Ann Arbor’s west side. Shelby House is the name of the ...