If you think of the primary building materials that are used in the construction of your home, what types come to mind? You’d probably agree that materials such as wood, steel, and concrete make up a ...

Companies behind these “mass timber” projects say that wood is a lower-carbon alternative to steel or concrete and brings ...

Reduced footing size – Wood is lighter than other non-bio-based materials, so it requires smaller footings, lowering ...

Wood is the material of the future. But how much of it do we actually have and how do we make best use of it? Researchers have now analyzed the material flows of wood in Switzerland in detail -- and ...

A wood building material can be used in high-rise structures, giving it the potential to replace materials that are bad for ...

With three-quarters of land in Finland covered by forests, wood is a readily available material here, although it does need to be strengthened for use in mid-rise and tall buildings. In Finland ...

A material that's been around since people built shelters—wood—is increasingly being proposed for low- and mid-rise buildings ...

to develop a wood-building material. The resistance of iron and gypsum--a material used to make drywall--were both tested for fire resistance repeatedly as a cover for the beam’s core.

The lumber used totaled 1,990 cubic meters, and 60 to 70 percent of the material was produced in Japan. Pure-wood buildings such as Port Plus, whose pillars, beams and other components are all ...