For the eco-conscious and all the wood-aficionados out there, here are the winners of the 2013 US Wood Design Awards. Amazing buildings in wood… Source: 2013 Award Winners Thanks for the reminder: Go Wood

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For the eco-conscious and all the wood-aficionados out there, here are the winners of the 2013 US Wood Design Awards. Amazing buildings in wood… Source: 2013 Award Winners Thanks for the reminder: Go Wood
Canadian researchers recently put Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT), a somewhat new building product, to the test to determine fire-resistance properties. Their findings were: The tests demonstrated that CLT assemblies can achieve significant fire resistance that is close to three hours in some cases with even unprotected CLT under full loading conditions. The failure modes were […] Read more..