In this fascinating video, watch as wood is carefully transformed into 2.5x3.5 battens that are essential for house building ...

Dr. Xiaoyun Shao’s recent research studied an innovative application of construction adhesives to enhance the resilience of wood frame buildings. This new grant will continue to investigate novel ...

Traditional wood-frame construction has long been the standard in residential building, although this presents a major ...

Building costs are comparable to more traditional structures, but developers say building with wood has advantages over steel and concrete.

Photo via naturally:wood Although mass timber construction has been around ... or light wood frame buildings. However, applying this data to mass timber structures poses challenges in assessing ...

Construction broke ground on the site on ... a.m. Expect more wood buildings like one in Kingston fire Six-storey wood-frame buildings pose fire risk, chief says A small one-storey structure ...

Light Gauge Steel Frame (LGSF) construction is transforming the building ... Moreover, steel does not combust, making LGSF buildings more fire-resistant than traditional wood-framed structures. LGSF ...

"It was a wood frame," said Ottawa fire spokesperson ... They go up quick … and it spread extremely fast." With the building still under construction, it meant that safety features like fire ...