The American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) has released the first-ever set of U.S. recommendations for hybrid steel frames with mass timber floors, according to a news release. Design Guide ...

As anyone journeying through Canada’s major cities can attest, the country continues to go through a construction boom despite the ongoing pandemic. Construction cranes dot most cityscapes, marking ...

Swinerton is on the leading edge of mass timber construction across the nation and here in Oregon. Having recently completed the largest cross laminated timber (CLT) project in the country, Swinerton ...

Minister for the Environment Eamon Ryan has said that the concrete levy introduced in the budget on Tuesday should lead to the building of more timber frame homes. The levy, from which it is expected ...

Based on 2016 tests of a composite cross-laminated timber-and-concrete floor system, architect-engineer Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has released guidance on how to analyze composite timber floors and ...

Advances in wood engineered products and fabrication have made the idea of constructing timber tall buildings feasible and a genuine alternative to concrete, Eric Karsh, principal of Equilibrium ...

Newham Council’s housing company is swapping the primary structure of a dRMM-designed scheme from timber to concrete in the wake of post-Grenfell changes to building regulations The RIBA Stirling ...

What is the best way of building a house? Joe Pattinson, from Newbury New Homes, is a fan of using a timber frame. People ask whether traditional build or timber frame is the best. We are all familiar ...

An unusual apartment high-rise could be coming to downtown Milwaukee: a 21-story tower that uses high-grade timber, not steel, for its frame. The 201-unit development, named Ascent, would be one of ...

Catching up on some reading over the Christmas break, I was dismayed to read one of your front-page stories (Inside Housing, 4 December). In 1982, a World in Action television exposé killed the UK ...