For Thomas Robinson of Lever Architecture, the construction industry's adoption of mass-timber tall buildings is not a question of if. It's a question of when. “I don't think it's a matter of ...

Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) is comprised of layers of solid wood laminated together at right angles to each other, under pressure, in the same way that plywood is made. They can be 3, 5, 7 or more ...

When we talk about timber innovation, we’re talking about mass timber. Between glue-laminated (glulam) beams, dowel-laminated timber (DLT), and cross-laminated timber (CLT), there’s a slew of ...

The use of mass timber in school construction has positive effects on kids and teachers, and contributes to forest ...

Consigli Construction is managing construction of the Barry Mills Hall and the John and Lile Gibbons Center for Arctic Studies at Bowdoin College in Brunswick. The two buildings, which total 50,000 ...

As states across the country roll out new regulations to encourage the commercial real estate industry to cut carbon emissions, construction firms and building owners alike are searching for ways to ...

First came the bridge, then came the big wooden building. Work on the Catalyst campus at the south landing of the University District Gateway Bridge has moved quickly, and the two buildings under ...

A few weeks ago we published an article on a recent sustainability crisis that often goes unnoticed. The construction industry has been consuming an exorbitant amount of sand, and it's gradually ...

Framework, designed as a 12-story mixed-used building for Portland, Ore., would, at 130 ft, be the tallest wood-framed building in the U.S. Two developers, one for a planned 12-story building in ...

The first and largest cross-laminated timber (CLT) academic building in the U.S. has opened at the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst. Designed by Leers Weinzapfel Associates, the ...