As one of the largest sectors in the global economy, the construction industry is striving to become more sustainable in ...

Timber-concrete composite structures are gaining ... the stiffness of the composite connection—largely dictated by the type of shear connector. While beam-to-column connections in TCC systems ...

Pérez Palacios Arquitectos Asociados (PPAA) designed an expansion of an office for the premium dairy company Lyncott in ...

Concrete and steel are key ingredients in ... For example, an alternative to cross-laminated timber or steel rods used to connect wood. From there, it uses optimization tools and digital ...

The first of its kind, Ascent is also the tallest timber-concrete hybrid building in the world. Tim Gokhman, one of the developers of Ascent, says building costs are comparable to more traditional ...

Researchers hope to eventually see these timber structures that are a greener alternative to concrete in Seattle neighborhoods like Capitol Hill. Footage shows a 120-foot tall mass timber building ...

Mass-timber buildings have become increasingly popular as a low-carbon alternative to steel and concrete. The new plan for the Leaside site will see a building that is roughly the same size ...

When it comes to embodied carbon emissions, the report found that an 18-story hybrid building built of concrete and mass timber could store up to 3,350 metric tons of CO2e (carbon dioxide ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A Melbourne development has joined a push to grow the Australian timber tower movement and reduce the construction industry’s ...

But instead of delivering concrete, it’s manoeuvring giant chunks of wood to construction staff working in sub-zero winter temperatures. This is the beginning of what Swedish property developer ...

“We believe it is a bad bill that seeks to put concrete, steel and other building materials and systems at a disadvantage to mass timber,” says Lionel Lemay, executive vice president ...

it’s also a glimpse of what is possible using “mass timber” — layered lumber that’s stronger than steel, lighter than concrete and capable of capturing carbon. But this ambitious effort ...