Structural Materials
Photo: Adohi Hall at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, designed by Boston-based Leers Weinzapfel Associates.
An architect who has worked on some of the nation's largest and most significant mass timber co...
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Viewrail's Terrace floating stair system and USG's EcoSmart Panels are among the 10 new structu...
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Using data from the BIM model, Jaibot locates itself accurately indoors, drills the holes dust-controlled, and marks them according to the trade, according to the maker. Photo: Hilti
The semi-autonomous robot is designed to assist MEP contractors with ceiling-drilling applicati...
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The NMHC found that the majority of the 135 multifamily contractors surveyed had experienced delays with apartment or condominium projects due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The...
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Lumber and building materials revenue totaled $72 billion in 2019, according to Principia.
Inpro’s Fireline 140 fire barrier and Owens Corning’s Foamglas cellular glass insulation are amon...
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Building Design+Construction readers and editors select their top building products for...
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Jin Young Song, AIA, Assistant Professor at University at Buffalo, and Founder of DIOINNO Architecture PLLC, demonstrates his SIMS (Snap-Interlock Module System) design concept, which took the $20,000 Grand Prize in the 2019 Forge Prize competition. Photo courtesy AISC
This annual steel design competition will recognize three Finalists ($10,000 each) and one Grand...
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Laval University’s TELUS Stadium houses a 328-foot by 197-foot indoor practice field for soccer, football, and rugby. Thirteen arches span 222 feet and provide a clear height of 59 feet at the center of the stadium, which seats 450 spectators. Photo courtesy Nordic Structures | Photographer: © Stéphane Groleau
Projects throughout the U.S. and Canada showcase the design and environmental traits of large-sca...
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Photo courtesy Prescient
Prescient combines 5D software, clever engineering, and advanced robotics to create prefabricated...
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The Heights & Areas Calculator, developed by the International Code Council, the American Wood Council, and WoodWorks, is based on provisions in the 2006 to 2015 editions of the International Building Code.
A free app that calculates the maximum allowable heights and areas for buildings of various occup...
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U.S. steel and aluminum mills could get a market-share boost from import tariffs. But the industry can't say for certain yet which products or producers will ultimately be subject to those duties. Image: Pixabay
Are import quotas and a “Buy American” infrastructure mandate in the cards?
Among the best structural products included in BD+C's Top 101 Products report are Versa-Lok's Bro...
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The CorTek system has been used on five projects to date, including the One Steamboat Place resort in Steamboat Springs, Colo. Images: Vulcraft
With this patented, steel-and-concrete hybrid system, the service core will no longer be the sche...
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Courtesy Michael Green Architecture/Lotus Equity Group
Michael Green Architecture is designing the building.
AESS steel columns at Lee Hall III, Clemson University, designed by Thomas Phifer and Partners with McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. Photo: Courtesy SOM / Scott Frances Photography
Advances in R&D are fostering new forms of structural and aesthetic steel.
Lamar Station Classroom for Urban Farming, Lakewood, Colo. Photo: Jesse Kuroiwa
The annual awards program, sponsored by the American Institute of Steel Construction, honors the...
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Rendering courtesy of Martin Duplantier Architectes
The project will consist of three pavilions and several bridges and cost around $5.3 million.
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Photo courtesy Freres Lumber
Designed as an alternative for cross laminated timber (CLT), MPP is a large-scale plywood panel w...
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Photo courtesy Northeastern Lumber Manufacturers Assoc.
The species is first new U.S.-grown softwood to be tested for strength values since 1920s.
Photo: Hoffmann Architects
Though brick masonry is highly durable, it is still important to conduct regular inspection of th...
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Photo: Vermont Timber Works Inc./Wikimedia Commons
The National Frame Building Association released an infographic showing just how far the industry...
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Train station Seattle. Photo: Kaleb Nyquist/Creative Commons
A new white paper addresses the nation’s $3 trillion public infrastructure crisis and how public...
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Rendering © Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
The hat truss-supported office tower was topped off in January, rising 25 stories above the Salt...
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