Tag: timber
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Designing Your Dream Timber Frame Home from Blueprint
They say there is no place like home. One aspect that makes a home unmatched is what it reflects. It’s that one space where we find our personal identity, a sense of belonging, and deep comfort. Do you wish to create a space you’d never want to leave, at least not for extended periods? Then,…
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The Timber Tech Playbook: Lessons from Greg Howes
In this episode of the AEC Business podcast, I sit down with Greg Howes, co-founder of CutMyTimber and the AEC Hackathon, and the founder of Oregon Mass Timber Network. Greg’s journey spans from Silicon Valley tech to high-precision timber fabrication. We talk about: Why the U.S. could become the world’s biggest mass timber market The…
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Meta turning to mass timber to build more sustainable data centers
Dive Brief: Meta is piloting the use of mass timber — a durable and renewable wood-based industrial substitute for concrete, steel and other building materials — to construct data centers with less embodied carbon emissions, the company announced Thursday. The social media and tech conglomerate said it has successfully used mass timber to construct an…
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Mass timber could combat germs in hospital settings
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Mass timber may have antimicrobial benefits that could make it useful for hospital construction, according to a recent study from the University of Oregon. The research team found that when wood was exposed to a…
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What Is Floor Varnish and Why It’s Essential for Timber Floors
Floor varnish protects your timber floors and helps them last for decades. Beautiful hardwood flooring adds warmth and value to our homes. We want to keep it looking great as long as possible. A wooden floor varnish creates a tough protective barrier. It shields your hardwood from scratches, stains and daily wear. Quality wood floor…
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World’s tallest mass timber building breaks ground in Wisconsin
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: A construction team led by Fond du Lac, Wisconsin-based general contractor C.D. Smith recently broke ground on Neutral Edison, a 31-story tower in Milwaukee, according to C.D. Smith. Once complete, it will be the tallest mass…
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Theodore Roosevelt’s $400M mass timber library rises in North Dakota
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Vancouver, British Columbia-based Mercer Mass Timber has completed the first phase of construction on the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in Medora, North Dakota, according to a May 20 news release. The project’s construction costs total $400 million,…
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Sterling Solutions Unveils Mass Timber Shaft Wall System
Sterling Structural, a leading manufacturer of cost-effective, prefabricated mass timber and hybrid structural systems in North America, announced a modular Shaft Wall System for new construction. The system supports all major elevator manufacturers or egress stair designs and enables builders to save time and cost from elevator wall shafts without sacrificing fire safety or structural…
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Walmart adds mass timber to new corporate HQ campus
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Mercer Mass Timber has completed installation of mass timber panels at the forthcoming Bentonville, Arkansas, headquarters of Walmart, the firm announced on April 2. General contractors Boston-based Shawmut Design and Construction and Sandy, Utah-based Layton…
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Mercer Mass Timber powers sustainable construction at Walmart HQ
Mercer Mass Timber (MMT), a leading manufacturer of sustainable timber building materials and a subsidiary of Mercer International Inc., is playing a key role in the construction of Walmart’s new home office in Bentonville, Arkansas—the largest mass timber corporate campus in the United States. The installation of the mass timber panels began in Spring 2024 and…