The University of Oregon is one year away from the completion of the new Oregon Acoustic Research Lab, which tests for sound ...

Last month, a seismic shake test was conducted on a 10-story wooden structure—the world’s tallest building to be tested on a shake table earthquake simulator. The goal? To validate the strength of ...

The integration of timber as a sustainable construction material has accelerated research into the fire dynamics and safety of timber structures. Studies in this field investigate the mechanisms of ...

SEATTLE — University of Washington researchers are in San Diego conducting earthquake tests with the tallest building ever on a shake table. This project pushes for widespread use of laminated wood in ...

Researchers from six universities are studying how a timber building will withstand an earthquake by testing its resiliency on a shake table at the University of California San Diego. Image courtesy ...

The goal behind the UNH Cooperative Extension project funded by the Future Forest Economy Initiative is to increase demand for cross-laminated timber panels created using spruce-pine-fir lumber from ...

Neutral publishes the results of a successful, first-of-its-kind 3-hour fire test for a hybrid mass timber building assembly with standard connectors for free use by industry practitioners. These ...

Fire safety used to sit somewhere near the edge of architectural thinking. It was addressed, documented, approved, and then quietly filed away while design decisions moved on. That approach no longer ...

On May 9, dozens gathered to watch as a ten-story tower in northeast San Diego juddered and swayed under the forces of back-to-back simulated earthquakes. The building, an experimental mockup of a ...