A new report and a video presentation support the concept of a steel and timber composite system for mid- and high-rise buildings. The American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) and Skidmore, ...

Building structures out of wood doesn’t seem like a particularly innovative idea—people have been building wood houses for centuries. But when it comes to new efforts to be sustainable, all-timber ...

Utah-based Sure Steel Inc., ENR MidAtlantic’s Specialty Contractor of the Year, is making inroads on the Eastern Seaboard Sure Steel Inc. worked on Southwest Airlines’ maintenance hangar at ...

With mass timber projects on the rise around the United State, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) and Oregon State University (OSU) have partnered to produce two new reports on how timber buildings can ...

The American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) has released the first-ever set of U.S. recommendations for hybrid steel frames with mass timber floors, according to a news release. Design Guide ...

A new analysis could help architects and builders reduce the carbon footprint of truss structures, the crisscrossing struts that bolster bridges, towers, and buildings. Buildings are a big contributor ...

Shaun Catlin and Tamara Altman’s Astoria-based contracting company Steel & Timber Construction/Fabrication has built a reputation for creative contracting projects ...

Developers in Boston are vying for their projects to be the city’s premier showcase of mass timber construction, an increasingly popular building style that eschews steel for highly compacted wood. In ...

Although initially conceived as a concrete structure, switching to timber as the primary building material proved to have a host of benefits. When San Mateo County set out to build a new office ...

Gain comprehensive knowledge of timber structures from experts. Learn advanced design of timber structures. The advent of mass timber and tall wood buildings has brought timber design back into the ...

Fire-blocking mass timber construction could bring millions of pounds of carbon absorption to cities around the world. Wooden skyscraper designs are trendy around the world and reflect changing ...