It was heartening to see Paradise residents reach out to help fire victims in Lahania. Both Paradise and Maui had devastating fires, which led to hundreds of deaths. The lumber in the houses were ...

Wray Emerson has resolved to give his wife Sandra and three kids a new house this new year. “My wife keeps asking me when it’s going to be ready,” he says, laughing. Sandra’s patience may be wearing ...

Structural engineer Goonsung Park, PE, breaks down the pros and cons of cold-formed steel and wood for multifamily housing development.

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Recently, a major fire raced through the AvalonBay at Edgewater apartment community in New Jersey, destroying several hundred units and displacing the residents of the luxury development in the middle ...

In the last two articles we looked at concrete and steel, two of the basic building blocks of commercial construction. This month we will discuss wood and how it is used in commercial construction. As ...