Currently our department does not have any formal operating guidelines for fires involving lightweight wood-frame mixed occupancies either completed or under construction. We have been fortunate not ...

More than 90% of American homes are built with wood frames. Unlike concrete and steel, wood frames are especially susceptible to temperature extremes, pest infestations, moisture and humidity. These ...

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In the construction industry, light wood-frame offsite construction has emerged as a game-changing approach, promising faster build times, higher quality, and reduced environmental impact. Member ...

Los Angeles could expand restrictions on large wood-frame building projects as part of ongoing fire safety measures in some of the city’s more densely-populated neighborhoods. The City Council voted ...

Four years ago, the Pritzker Prize–winner Tadao Ando spectacularly converted a 1920s apartment building in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago into exhibition spaces for a gallery named—in ...

FORT COLLINS, CO – Earthquake engineering researchers are meeting this month with policy experts to discuss efforts to improve the seismic safety of low-rise, wood-frame buildings - those no taller ...