Beyond the personal connection, what excites you most about mass timber as a material? Dyer: Wood is a bio-based material ...

Introduction to the use of wood as a structural engineering material. Includes design of beams, columns, nailed and bolted connections, trusses, and panels. Overview of engineered timber systems ...

A wood building material can be used in high-rise structures, giving it the potential to replace materials that are bad for ...

Both as a material and as an energy source, wood and its numerous components offer alternatives to fossil fuels and materials. It is therefore hardly surprising that many sectors of industry plan to ...

Switzerland has set itself a goal that is as ambitious as it is necessary: net zero by 2050. One of the most important raw ...

LivingBoard P7 is the strongest wood-based material in the Pfleiderer product portfolio. NWS Natural Wood Solutions GmbH, a supplier of industrial halls, often uses this board in timber frame ...

Veneer close veneerA thin decorative covering of fine wood applied to a coarser wood or other material. is the term used to describe a thin sheet of timber, usually made from an expensive hardwood.

Wood is the material of the future. But how much of it do we actually have and how do we make best use of it? Researchers have now analyzed the material flows of wood in Switzerland in detail -- and ...

The lumber used totaled 1,990 cubic meters, and 60 to 70 percent of the material was produced in Japan. Pure-wood buildings such as Port Plus, whose pillars, beams and other components are all ...

have explored wood as a sustainable construction material ... manufacture so-called mass-engineered timber—superthin layers glued into panels and beams that can be fashioned into columns ...