Wood

Designers must balance the sometimes conflicting needs of gravity, fire safety, and seismic drift.

Timber-concrete composite, or TCC, framing systems provide a unique opportunity to leverage components that are inherent to mass timber buildings to create a strong, stiff floor system that could not be achieved using timber alone.

To view the figures and tables associated with this article, please refer to the flipbook above. Older, multi-unit wood-frame buildings with brittle, weak, and torsionally irregular stories have collapsed in past earthquakes. Often designated as soft, weak, or open-front (SWOF) […]

The past decade has witnessed an increasing adoption of mass timber buildings in North America. These innovative structures primarily feature large, engineered wood products, such as glued-laminated timber (glulam) and cross-laminated timber (CLT). Recognized for their sustainability, these materials align […]

Click here to view the article with images in the digital flipbook. Despite adequate structural design and a less-than-design snow event, a scribed log- and sawn-lumber-framed commercial lodge structure experienced a catastrophic collapse less than two years after it was […]

Click here to view the article with images in the digital flipbook. Mass timber structures are becoming more frequently studied as a leading choice for high-end residential and commercial structures for their sustainability and aesthetic benefits. Perhaps often overlooked, mass […]