"Concrete is imprecise, it's labor intensive, and it has a heavy carbon footprint ... found that while Ascent's mass timber burned, it burned slowly enough to meet building codes.

The structure, developed in collaboration with Victory Group, Icon Real Estate, and Erik Dhont Landscape Architects, features a hybrid-timber construction system that creates a stepped volume ...

Structural engineering faculty at UW conduct research in a broad range of areas, including bridge rating, computer-aided design, light-framed buildings, manufactured homes, heavy timber frames, bridge ...

Designing and integrating fire protection systems into mass-timber buildings presents unique challenges, even for the most ...

By harnessing a hybrid construction approach that marries mass timber with advanced prefabrication techniques, the project demonstrates that “fast, affordable, and sustainable” need not be mutually ...

Propel your career forward with an accredited graduate certificate. Thanks to mass timber and tall wood building, timber design is at the forefront of structural engineering and architecture—and ...