The builder of your new home wants to use modern wood I-joists instead of regular solid-wood floor joists. He says they are stronger than solid wood. But will these products save the builder money and ...

Building a house, garage or even a shed today isn’t as easy as going to the local lumberyard and buying whatever dimension of wood you need. A lot of emphasis goes into the grade of the wood and its ...

Perhaps you’ve noticed, while walking through a church, theater or municipal building, a graceful arch or vaulted ceiling supported by large wooden beams or rafters. And maybe you’ve wondered how wood ...

Engineered wood is never too cool for school. Cost-effective and aesthetically appealing, wood is ideal for school construction. Birney Elementary is home to one of Tacoma, Washington’s deaf and hard ...

BOISE, ID — In a move which will double its capacity, RedBuilt LLC is adding a laminated veneer lumber line at its Stayton, OR, facility, one of four manufacturing plants by the Boise, ID-based ...

With the world focused on addressing climate change, scientists have had to get creative when it comes to developing sustainable building materials that tackle carbon dioxide emissions. Scientists ...

Mike Dyer, one of the owners of Western Wood Structures in Tualatin, Oregon, has over four decades of experience building with mass timber. As a former sales representative for a glulam manufacturer ...

This is a plain sawn white oak veneer floor with 7 ply birch core and 4mm thickness veneer. The manufacturer is From The Forest Engineered wood, like engineered stone, is manmade. Rather than using ...

Engineers have created a new wood that could change what buildings are made of and takes just a few hours to make. Scientists from Chinese institutions developed the new wood that won't catch fire, ...

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has announced a Pennsylvania-based wholesale distributor of engineered wood products is investing $18.7 million to build a distribution center there to serve four ...

DERBY -- The Board of Aldermen unanimously approved an ordinance Thursday that could mean the difference between life and death for the city's volunteer firefighters. The ordinance will require a ...