Shiver the Timbers

No, not the old pirate’s saying, a modern adaptation of wood construction, a timber building in Canada (hence the shivering). On Vancouver Island, Structurlam Mass Timber Corp., in partnership with Design Build Services and Aspect Structural Engineers, has completed a five-story mass timber post-and-beam building contains the first buckling-restrained braces housed within a timber frame.…

Shiver the Timbers

No, not the old pirate’s saying, a modern adaptation of wood construction, a timber building in Canada (hence the shivering). On Vancouver Island, Structurlam Mass Timber Corp., in partnership with Design Build Services and Aspect Structural Engineers, has completed a five-story mass timber post-and-beam building contains the first buckling-restrained braces housed within a timber frame.…

Shiver the Timbers

No, not the old pirate’s saying, a modern adaptation of wood construction, a timber building in Canada (hence the shivering). On Vancouver Island, Structurlam Mass Timber Corp., in partnership with Design Build Services and Aspect Structural Engineers, has completed a five-story mass timber post-and-beam building contains the first buckling-restrained braces housed within a timber frame.…

Construction: Where Are We Now?

There are two really important questions the commercial construction industry needs to answer right now: where exactly are we today and where are we headed in the future? A few reports answer the former, and I will address the latter. At the end of last year, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce suggested commercial construction recovery…

Construction: Where Are We Now?

There are two really important questions the commercial construction industry needs to answer right now: where exactly are we today and where are we headed in the future? A few reports answer the former, and I will address the latter. At the end of last year, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce suggested commercial construction recovery…