For over a century, wood pole structures have been used to support overhead powerlines. Over time, as the utility industry expanded, the basic wood pole structure has evolved, but regardless of ...

As an innovator in AEC structural simulation and certification for 40 years, S-FRAME Software is a leading advocate for the use of timber in building design For more 30 years, high-end architectural ...

The National Frame Building Association (NFBA) released a pictoral history of post-frame construction, an engineered wood-frame building system that produces buildings with large posts or laminated ...

While you may be thinking that steel is only used for skyscrapers and extremely large agricultural buildings, this is not the case and it can be used for a wide range of buildings from garages to even ...

Warren and Mahoney Architects' design for the extension of Wellington Airport in New Zealand highlights the potential of using laminated wood in large-scale architectural projects. The structure of ...

While no building is truly fireproof, construction materials and systems can make a building fire safe. Fire-resistive construction gives time to discover a fire, suppress it before it spreads and ...