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A UK Guide to Insuring Mass Timber Buildings

21, Oct 2024

Obtaining insurance for a mass timber home is often flagged as challenging by designers, developers and homeowners because the industry perceives it as risky. In the UK, the insurance...

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Life of a circle saw blade

14, Oct 2024

If you’re involved in the filing room or managing the circle saw budget, you’ve likely asked or been asked, “When should a saw be discarded?” Sometimes the answer is clear even to a layperson...

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As logging intensifies forest fires, Wet’suwet’en fight to protect old growth

26, Sep 2024

The pilot flew over squares of clear-cuts and tree plantations, then rolled the helicopter around Hudson Bay Mountain in north-central British Columbia. We were following directions from David...

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The mass timber revolution needs blockchain

24, Sep 2024

In late-August 2024, Michael Green Architects (MGA) unveiled the City of Milwaukee’s Marcus Performing Arts Center redevelopment plans, which include the building of, what is expected to be...

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Track to Completing Málaga Cathedral: The Role of Timber in Designing the New Gable Roof

20, Sep 2024

Like a musical composition, there is a particular category of buildings whose history might be compared to an unfinished symphony. Alternating between high notes and moments of silence...

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Global timber supply threatened as climate change pushes cropland northwards

16, Sep 2024

Climate change will move and reduce the land suitable for growing food and timber, putting the production of these two vital resources into direct competition, a new study has found. The sight of vineyards in Britain is...

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Restored 1861 sawmill give glimpse of the past

05, Sep 2024

An operational machine from the 1800s comes out a few times a year in the Antique Village at the U.P. State Fairgrounds — giving on-lookers a view into the past. A staple in the U.P. Steam and...

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Push for manufacturing hub making timber products as hard as steel

23, Aug 2024

A new hub making manufactured timber as strong as steel is being investigated in Australia’s ‘green triangle’. Forestry companies Australian Bluegum plantations, Midway, and New Forests...

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Timber school tackles extreme cold with impressive passive design

22, Aug 2024

Situated north of the Arctic Circle in Norway, Kautokeino experiences incredibly cold temperatures that can reach - 45 °C (- 49°F). When commissioned to design a new cultural and education hub in such...

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University of Stuttgart uses self-shaping timber and woven flax for tower and pavilion

21, Aug 2024

Warped timber and robotically-woven flax were used to create this pair of experimental structures in Germany, which were designed by students and researchers at the University of Stuttgart...

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