Mississippi State University to build wood product design lab
JACKSON, Miss. - Construction of a studio that promotes innovative wood product design and building methods will soon begin at Mississippi State University’s School of Architecture thanks to a $10,000...
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Tall wood building trend puts pressure on at D.R. Johnson mills
PORTLAND - If the vast potential of timber construction isn't obvious, a new exhibit at Washington D.C.'s National Building Museum aims to clear things up. Running through May 2017, and sponsored by...
View ArticleStructurlam's Bill Downing a runner-up in Ernst & Young Awards
PENTICTON, B.C. - Mass timber manufacturer Structurlam says its president, Bill Downing, has been named Runner-up in the Pacific region Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of The Year 2016 awards. He was...
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Tallest timber building in the U.S. opens its doors
MINNEAPOLIS– The seven-story T3 tower features 220,000 square feet of prefabricated CLT timber panels and nail-laminated timber cladding.It became the largest timber building in the U.S. when it opened...
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As timber towers rise, so do calls for ISO standards on wood and timber
With the diversity of types of wood and the fact that not every country produces every type of wood, the global trade of timber is a huge and necessary business. But not all wood – nor import policy –...
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TallWood Design Institute established at Oregon State U.
CORVALLIS, Ore.— The National Center for Advanced Wood Products Manufacturing and Design at Oregon State University has been renamed as the TallWood Design Institute. The institute brings together the...
View ArticleTall wood construction gets boost from CECOBOIS
The Centre for expertise in the wood construction of commercial and Industrial buildings (“CECOBOIS”) is an organization with the main mission of supporting and facilitating the increase of use of wood...
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Project tests CLT timber classrooms instead of trailers
SEATTLE, Wash.— Installation began Monday for Washington’s fourth mass timber modular classroom project. The four-classroom building at Greywolf Elementary in Sequim was erected in a single day. A...
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Wood manufacturing processes will open new market opportunities
Changing buyer preferences promises to open exciting new wood industry market opportunities, but managers will need to take a fresh view of how they are conducting business and operations. New...
View ArticleGuide shows how to use nail-laminated timber for building construction
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Binational Softwood Lumber Council has released the Nail-Laminated Timber (NLT) U.S. Design and Construction Guide, which it describes as a first-of-its-kind manual for the U.S....
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First timber high-rise in U.S. gets the greenlight for construction
PORTLAND, Ore.– A 12-story building is on its way to becoming the first mass timber tower in the United States.The Framework Building, approved this week for construction by Portland and the State of...
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Timber construction has lumber milling machinery rolling
PORTLAND, Ore. - Timber construction is opening a new market that has been keeping lumber and milling machinery busy at a growing number of wood products companies, including Montreal's Nordic...
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Manufacturer of LVL pre-fabricated i-joists sees big growth, expands into new...
DOTHAN, Ala.– Florida-based International Beams, a manufacturer of high-quality, pre-fabricated i-joists, will convert a General Electric building as its new 227,000-square-foot manufacturing facility...
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Thinking through wood industry challenges with smarts, and inspiration
Data driven manufacturing linked to consumer shopping via visualization software, are among the technology trendsRegular readers may have noticed a cast in my most recent reporting - a good deal of it...
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Two-story cross-laminated timber structure tested in 6.7 earthquake simulation
SAN DIEGO - A two-story cross-laminated timber (CLT) structure was subjected to seismic forces produced by a 1994 6.7 Northridge earthquake. The engineered simulation is expected to reveal ways in...
View ArticleMass-wood CLT building survives earthquake test
SAN DIEGO - Katerra, a construction startup investing heavily in cross-laminated timber (CLT) construction material completed full-scale validation of a new CLT seismic shear wall. The successful test...
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Technology for tall wood construction expands in U.S. market
New opportunities are opening in the woodworking market with the rising popularity of large-scale wood structures. The construction approach taps the strength of laminated beams (CLT or Cross Laminated...
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Massive factory planned for CLT lumber components in Washington State
Katerra's existing plant in Phoenix totals 220,000 square feet. SPOKANE VALLEY, Calif. – Katerra, a high-tech construction firm, will open a new factory in Spokane Valley, Washington, where it will...
View ArticleSee the next tall wood building on university Austrian Timber Building Tour 2017
VANCOUVER - The Centre for Advanced Wood Processing (CAWP) at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in collaboration with the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) will lead a technical...
View ArticleGuide shows how to use nail-laminated timber for building construction
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Binational Softwood Lumber Council has released the Nail-Laminated Timber (NLT) U.S. Design and Construction Guide, which it describes as a first-of-its-kind manual for the U.S....
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