University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension has embarked on a project that could be a boost both to the region’s timber industry and the ongoing efforts to fight climate change. The project ...

Last month, a seismic shake test was conducted on a 10-story wooden structure—the world’s tallest building to be tested on a shake table earthquake simulator. The goal? To validate the strength of ...

The University of Oregon is one year away from the completion of the new Oregon Acoustic Research Lab, which tests for sound ...

Blast tests on three existing two-story, single-bay cross-laminated timber (CLT) structures at Tyndall Air Force Base were successful, according to WoodWorks, a program working with the Wood Products ...

MADISON, Wis. — Neutral, a real estate development company focused on creating sustainable and healthy mixed-use communities, has presented the results of a 3-hour fire test for a hybrid mass timber ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Mass timber manufactured in Oregon was put to the test of 6.7-magnitude and 7.7-magnitude earthquakes on a shake pad in San Diego Tuesday as researchers work to learn if tall ...

On May 9, dozens gathered to watch as a ten-story tower in northeast San Diego juddered and swayed under the forces of back-to-back simulated earthquakes. The building, an experimental mockup of a ...

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An emerging technology in lumber could have implications for the forestry industry. Mass timber is a process of strengthening wood, typically by gluing panels together to create dense layers of wood ...