That’s not to mention the environmental cost of wood-framed home-building — though every home building material puts a strain on the environment in some way, and some studies show that concrete and ...

A new study published in the Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts explores the shear performance of wood-frame shear walls with wooden nail connections. Through experimental and finite element ...

To the editor: While there is a need to upgrade the building codes to more fire-resistant practices, the kind of tilt-up concrete buildings suggested by one letter writer is not necessarily the ...

Fairfield and Sumitomo are embarking on this project in an attempt to popularize the construction of wooden-framed buildings, with the aim of reducing costs and greenhouse emissions.

One of the most famous aspects of the Second World War was the introduction of fast moving maneuver warfare. Spearheading lightning-fast advances into enemy territory were high performance tanks ...

Installed Building Products, Inc. is one of the nation's largest new residential insulation installers and is a diversified installer of complementary building products, including waterproofing ...

Nearly 20 Wilbur Cross educators, parents, and students showed up to the latest Board of Education meeting to give the city’s public school district a failing grade for unsafe, unhealthy, and ...

These zones are based on the recommended insulation levels for existing wood-framed buildings/homes. There are set R-levels based on your IECC Climate Zone.

KINGSTON, N.Y. — The Ulster County Legislature is considering a resolution that would make hemp insulation the first choice for insulating new county buildings and during renovations of existing ...

Madison wood insulation manufacturer to expand distribution in U.S., Canada under new partnership TimberHP, a division of Belfast-based GO Lab Inc., revived a former Madison Paper Industries mill ...

Gary Bowker explains why preplan surveys of buildings that appear to be brick from the exterior are necessary to ensure that the brick isn’t a veneer that covers Type V wood-frame ...

A Chicago-area company plans to build a 13-story apartment building in the University District out of wood, making it the country's second-tallest timber-framed building. Harbor Bay Ventures is ...