Design That Disappears, Strength That Endures
Three 75-foot curved timber beams distinguish one of the newest exhibits at Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo.
May 1, 2026
The Skeleton Behind the Spirit: The House That Stitzel Built
Maintaining the structural integrity of historic American barrel-aging warehouses requires care, creativity, knowledge, and experience.
May 1, 2026
Mass Plywood’s Future in Warehouse Construction
An outside-the-box design demonstrates that mass timber, in this case mass plywood, provides an aesthetically pleasing, cost effective, carbon sequestering, and thermally efficient alternative for warehouses and other big box buildings.
May 1, 2026
Hybrid Vision
How timber, steel, and concrete built a world-class engineering institute and advanced Princeton University’s campus sustainability goals.
May 1, 2026
Successfully Incorporating Structural Components Into Your Project for Metal Plate Connected Wood Trusses
A recently updated guide helps structural engineers navigate the design process and roles and responsibilities when it comes to premanufactured metal plate connected wood trusses.
May 1, 2026
Reuse of Timber Screws for Lifting: From Jobsite Practice to Verified Reuse
Reuse of screws is already occurring in the field. The critical question is not whether reuse happens, but whether it can be made measurably safe.
May 1, 2026
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Updated Energy Code Compliance Guide Available From APA
APA – The Engineered Wood Association (APA) recently updated The Performance Path to Energy Code Compliance publication. This free guide assists builders in evaluating the energy efficiency of a whole home as a system, enabling them to specify cost-effective assemblies utilizing […]
August 28, 2024
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QuickFrames: Advanced Solutions for Structural Roof and Floor Frames
Date/Time: February 18, 2026, 12:00 pm Central QuickFrames is a pre-engineered, adjustable framing solution designed to simplify structural support for rooftop and floor openings in commercial buildings. In this webinar, we’ll explore market challenges and the limitations of traditional angle […]
January 19, 2026
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Seismic Deformation Compatibility of Mass Timber Beam/Column Connections
Date/Time: December 17, 2025 12:00 pm Central This presentation explores seismic deformation compatibility requirements for mass timber beam-to-column and column-to-column connections in accordance with IBC and ASCE 7 standards. We will examine how experimental testing and finite element analysis (FEA) […]
November 18, 2025
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Advancing Timber Engineering: How the Rothoblaas Fastener Design Guide Sets a New Benchmark
Join Rothoblaas for a practical, engineer-focused session on fastener design for mass timber and hybrid structures. Learn how to use the Rothoblaas Design Guide to speed connection calculations, check code, and improve design efficiency. The guide includes 450 pages with […]
November 3, 2025
