Structural engineer Goonsung Park, PE, breaks down the pros and cons of cold-formed steel and wood for multifamily housing development.

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 ...

Engineered wood is never too cool for school. Cost-effective and aesthetically appealing, wood is ideal for school construction. Birney Elementary is home to one of Tacoma, Washington’s deaf and hard ...

LEESBURG, Va. – The American Wood Council (AWC) has released a revised 2015 Manual for Engineered Wood Construction, which contains design information for structural lumber, glued laminated timber, ...

Luckett comes to APA with hands-on construction and building product experience from his time with Boise Cascade, where he ...

National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 220: Standard on Types of Building Construction, defines the types of buildings based on combustibility and the fire-resistance rating of their structural ...

ZHANGZHOU , FUJIAN, CHINA, January 12, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — As global construction markets continue to embrace sustainable, low-carbon building materials ...

At a time when sustainability and ESG (environmental, social, and governance) concerns are prevalent, there is a crucial need to focus on a sector that accounts for 38% of all global CO₂ emissions and ...

Stockholm Wood City is swapping polluting steel and concrete for a more climate-friendly construction material: timber.

Manufacturer of mass ply veneer-based wood products Freres Engineered Wood is planning a host of upgrades and innovations at its Oregon plants in 2024. Freres currently operates six plants across ...

We’ve been using wood to build things for a very long time. According to the recently discovered remains of a half-a-million-year-old wooden structure in Africa, we’ve been building with wood before ...