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Lateral Load-Resisting System Using Mass Timber Panel for High-Rise Buildings [PDF]
Frontiers in Built Environment, 2017 As global interest in using engineered wood products in tall buildings intensifies due to the “green” credential of wood, it is expected that more tall wood buildings will be designed and constructed in the coming years.
Zhiyong Chen, Ying-Hei Chui
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Needs for total fire engineering of mass timber buildings [PDF]
, 2016 Fire safety is widely perceived as a barrier to implementation of tall timber buildings, particularly for engineered mass timber buildings with significant areas of exposed timber and timber structural framing. This negative perception is exacerbated by a lack of scientific data or experimental evidence on a range of potentially important issues that ...
Bartlett, Alastair +7 more
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Fire Safety of Mass timber Buildings with CLT in USA
Wood and Fiber Science, 2018 Multistory buildings using mass timber and cross-laminated timber (CLT) as the primary structural elements are being planned and constructed globally, with interest starting to gather momentum in the United States. Model building codes in the United States limit timber construction to a building height of 85 ft (25.9 m) because of concerns over fire ...
Barber, David
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Identification and Trend Analysis of Multistorey Timber Buildings in the SUDOE Region
Buildings, 2023 The construction sector has one of the most polluting economic activities. In this context, several policies are being launched by the European Union to promote the transition to a sustainable economy, and timber construction is a safe way to contribute ...
Luis-Alfonso Basterra +4 more
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Data in Brief, 2021 The George W. Peavy Forest Science Complex, or “Peavy Hall,” is a mass-timber university building that is the subject of a structural health monitoring (SHM) program to create a comprehensive building performance dataset.
Esther J. Baas +2 more
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Environmental Impact of a Mass Timber Building—A Case Study [PDF]
Forests, 2021 The study focuses on a life cycle assessment of a wood-based residential building and evaluates the magnitude of individual construction components—foundations, flooring, peripheral wall, inner walls, ceiling, roof, windows, and doors—in terms of climate change; acidification; eutrophication; photochemical oxidation; depletion of abiotic elements and ...
Rozalia Vanova +3 more
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Wood buildings as a climate solution
Developments in the Built Environment, 2020 We conducted a systematic literature search and meta-analysis of studies with side-by-side life cycle analysis comparisons of mid-rise buildings using mass timber and conventional, concrete and steel, building materials.
Austin Himes, Gwen Busby
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, 2023 The structural behaviour of mass timber buildings under the removal of a load bearing element is complex. To well understand this phenomenon and ultimately develop scientifically based design guidelines against progressive collapse for this type of ...
Gunalan, S +11 more
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Buildings, 2023 There has been a multi-storey timber construction boom since the start of the millennium. While there is now a body of research on trends, benefits, and disadvantages of timber construction, there is not yet literature on the wider market or the impact ...
Luis Orozco +6 more
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Fire Performance of Self-Tapping Screws in Tall Mass-Timber Buildings
Applied Sciences, 2021 Building elements are required to provide sufficient fire resistance based on requirements set forth in the National Building Code of Canada (NBCC). Annex B of the Canadian standard for wood engineering design (CSA O86-19) provides a design methodology ...
Mathieu Létourneau-Gagnon +2 more
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