In the last house I built, I had two wood beams in one wall that supported tons and tons of weight. In the basement of the same house, I had large steel I-beams that spanned nearly 16 feet ...

Heavy timber framing is one quarter complete for the UMT Community Lifestyle Center’s indoor soccer facility. Roof ...

Meta has begun piloting the use of mass timber in the construction of its data center campuses. The tech giant began the ...

A new kind of construction with a not-so-new material is taking off in the U.S. Mass timber can replace steel and concrete in large buildings and proponents say it's greener and faster to build ...

Wood beams can be treated with borate chemicals to minimize wood rot and prevent infestation by insects that can't harm steel. If you want to fasten something to a steel beam, it's a challenge.

With mass timber buildings, wooden layers are laminated together, using nails, dowels or glue. The beams, floors and other parts are engineered to be as strong as steel or concrete.