Mass timber construction is a type of building construction that uses a lot of engineered wood products such as glulam, cross-laminated timber (CLT), and structural composite lumber (SCL). People from different nations...
Engineered wood products are made to enhance natural strengths and remove natural weaknesses. These type of wood products provide longer, wider, and stronger, stable solutions to the builders compared to natural...
The short answer to the question in the title is no. The wood used in mass timber projects is not pressure treated. In this blog article, we will talk about what pressure-treated wood is and why it is not used in mass...
The great opportunity for taller, larger, and new mass timber construction is being permitted in BC. The building and design communities are making it possible for significant progress with the use of mass timber in...
Forests offer a wide range of social and economic benefits to humankind. Economic benefits are measured in fiscal terms and may include the profitability of forest enterprises. Wood for mass timber projects comes from...
Unfortunately, there is a stigma attached with wood construction. Due to this, contractors tend to overlook some significant advantages to using wood in construction. The benefits of wood as a building material are...
The crucial benefit of tall wood construction is sustainability. Steel has been criticized for its negative effects on the environment. Concrete also is not much better but it could be improved if it was made with...
Mass timber construction is the term used to define a large number of designed wood products. These products typically involve the compression and lamination of different layers to come up with solid panels of wood. If...
Wood construction has always been a popular building material. However, there are also some surprising advantages of using mass timber over traditional wood framing. Here are some of those advantages: Bigger buildings...
Concrete and wood have been the staple materials for construction for years. However, wood offers a lot more potential and advantages. Concrete as a material has been used in construction for centuries, but the style...
