Cross-laminated timber, or CLT, is composed of layers of wood glued together at 90º angles and is more fire-resistant than traditional timber. For many people like me who lost a house to the ...

Firefighters and fire chiefs: Forget everything you know about wood construction. Tall wood buildings (TWB)—or more accurately tall mass timber buildings—are not the conventional, lightweight wood, ...

OTTAWA, Ontario — Results from some of the most extensive fire testing of large-scale, mass timber construction marks a "significant milestone in the advancement of mass timber construction." The ...

Engine 29 (E-29) arrived to find medium smoke showing on the first floor of a six-story heavy timber building. (The 750-foot-long by 175-foot-deep building covered an entire city block.) The ...

This special series focuses on important community issues, innovative solutions to societal challenges, and people and non-profit groups making an impact through technology. by Lisa Stiffler on Sep 25 ...