A 10-story mass timber building successfully withstood a high-magnitude earthquake simulation at the University of California San Diego on Tuesday, according to ABC News. The structure is the world’s tallest full-scale building to be tested on an earthquake simulator.
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Aragon to Build North America’s Largest Residential Mass Timber Project
According to Woodworking Network, Aragon, the real estate development company, plans to build North America’s largest residential CLT project. The 77-unit residential Timber House will be built in New Westminster, BC, with Kalesnikoff, a Canadian CLT company, providing the materials.
Timber Tower in Budapest Provides 360-Degree Views of Nature Reserve
Robert Gutowski Architects has designed a winding Lookout Tower that serves as a sculptural beacon for hikers visiting the nature reserve of Budapest and Naplás Lake, according to a recent feature in Yanko Design magazine.
3XN Celebrates the Topping Out of Cobot Hub, a New Timber Office Park in Denmark
3XN, an architecture and design company, is celebrating the topping out of Cobot Hub, a timber office park in Odense, Denmark, according to a report by “Archinect.” The facility will serve as the joint home of two robotics companies.
Architectural Firm Nikken Sekkei Uses Mass Timber to Expand Educational Facility
Nikken Sekkei, a Toyko-based architectural firm, is working on the expansion and construction of Ichikawa City’s Showa Gaukuin Elementary School’s West Wing, according to reporting by “designboom.” The project will utilize two-way CLT flat slabs.
Metsä Wood to Provide LVL Products to Swedish Wood Turbine Tower Builder Modvion
Metsä Wood announced Monday it has agreed to supply Modvion, a Swedish wood technology company, with laminated veneer lumber (LVL) for Modvion’s wooden wind turbine towers.
Entekra to Be Closed and Dissolved by End of June
Entekra announced on April 17th that it is being dissolved, according to a report by The Modesto Bee. Consequently, 138 workers will be losing their jobs.
Structurlam Files for Bankruptcy; Plans to Sell Assets in BC and Arkansas to Mercer International
Structurlam Mass Timber Corporation announced Monday that it has entered into a stalking horse asset purchase agreement with Mercer International to sell substantially all of its assets in British Columbia and Arkansas for US$60 million.
Federal Aviation Administration Announces New Sustainable Design for Future Air Traffic Control Towers Utilizing Mass Timber
The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration announced on Friday that it has selected a new sustainable design for future air traffic control towers. The design will be used primarily to replace towers still in use but beyond their intended design life at municipal and smaller airports in the US.
New Two-Story Mass Timber Pedestrian Bridge Installed at George Brown College in Toronto
PCL and Limberlost Place partners are celebrating a construction milestone at George Brown College’s Limberlost Place with the installation of a two-story mass timber pedestrian bridge. Installation of the bridge included prefabricating individual CLT pieces off site.