Wood construction of big buildings is catching on just about everywhere for good reasons: wood is renewable. In construction it is light, fast and less expensive than other materials. It's also just ...

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The American Wood Council's 2015 “Wood-Frame Construction Manual for One- and Two-Family Dwellings” (WFCM ) has been approved as an American National Standard by the American National Standards ...

Safety concerns following the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 led to building safety codes that limited the use of wood in construction. While it was one of the first and most common materials used to make ...

A wave of fires at wood-frame multifamily construction sites across the United States has critics calling for tighter building codes, but developers stress too much regulation could negatively impact ...

Colorado State University along with Simpson Strong-Tie and other partners successfully led the world’s largest earthquake shake table test in Japan yesterday, proving that midrise wood-frame ...

WEBVTT MEEHAN REPORTS NOW FROMWELCOME.DO: IN THE WAKE OF THIS FIRE,THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONSHERE AND WALK THEM.FIRST, HOW DID THIS FIRE START?AND SECOND, SHOULD CITIES ANDTOWNS RE-THINK WHAT TYPES ...

As investigators work to uncover the cause of last week’s deadly construction fire in SouthPark, new details are emerging about the type of construction used at the site. The 239-unit luxury apartment ...

A WPTV viewer wanted to know if this type of construction was allowed in this area and we took their question to city officials PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — When the weather turns bad, Richard Blumsack can ...

A Swiss chalet-style 19th-century wood frame office building on Greenpoint’s Manhattan Avenue has been beautifully restored by its owners, Curbed noted. New York Landmarks Conservancy awarded the ...