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BD+C Editors break down May's top 15 building products, from Durat and CaraGreen's Durat Plus to Zurn Siphonic Roof Drains.
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BD+C Editors break down May's top 15 building products, from Durat and CaraGreen's Durat Plus to Zurn Siphonic Roof Drains.
Gordian’s Q2 2024 Quarterly Construction Cost Insights Report indicates that supply chain issues notwithstanding, many commodities are exhibiting price normalization.
As mass timber construction evolves from the first decade of projects, we're finding an increasing variety of mass timber solutions. Here are three primary examples.
An eight-story, 72,000-sf mass timber apartment building in Portland, Ore., topped out this winter and will soon offer over 100 affordable units. The structure is the tallest affordable housing mass timber building and the first Type IV-C affordable housing building in the city.
A free app that calculates the maximum allowable heights and areas for buildings of various occupancy classifications and types of construction has been released.
The guide summarizes provisions for the use of wood and wood products in the 2018 IBC.
The Forest Stewardship Council and other groups aim to help buyers understand and make it easier to locate lumber that meets sustainable forestry standards.
The National Veterans Resource Center, scheduled to be completed in 2020, will highlight warm natural wood in its construction.
The office will rise in the emerging Bayside community.
C.F. Møller Architects designed the building.
The 8,500-sf structure will be located in Fredericksburg.
The developer is confident that the city will approve construction, which is scheduled to start next year.
The products’ future, though, could hinge on approval of proposed code changes.
The building will feature a unique “shou sugi ban” charred wood exterior.