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Mass Timber – The Emergence of a Modern Construction Material
Journal of Structural Integrity and Maintenance, 2017 In the move towards sustainable construction, timber and wood-based products are becoming increasingly important structural materials. The introduction of mass timber products with excellent load carrying characteristics allows timber to be used in larger, more complex structures.
Annette M Harte
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Life Cycle Assessment of Mass Timber Construction: A Review
Building and Environment, 2022Zhuocheng Duan, Qiong Huang
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Advancements in Timber Construction: A Review of Prefabricated Mass Timber Floor Assemblies
IABSE Congress Reports, 2022<p>This paper provides a state-of-the-art review of prefabricated mass timber floors, with a focus on composite floor assemblies for common residential and long-span office applications. The discussion relates to different design aspects, including connection systems and methods of assembly.
David Owolabi, Cristiano Loss
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Mass(ive) Timber: Examining the Thermally Massive Behavior of Mass Timber Construction
Technology|Architecture + Design, 2020While the embodied carbon benefits of mass timber are well studied, numerous claims regarding mass timber as thermal mass lack substantive evidence.
Aurora Jensen +2 more
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A Framework for Assessing the Environmental Benefits of Mass Timber Construction
Procedia Engineering, 2017 Abstract The construction industry represents one of the most significant contributors to human-induced environmental damage. Many of the negative consequences on the environment result from the extraction, processing and manufacture of construction materials and components.
Robert H. Crawford
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Mass timber: evaluating construction performance
Architectural Engineering and Design Management, 2017This research investigates the added value or negative impact of mass timber construction (MTC) when compared with traditional site built construction.
Ryan E. Smith +3 more
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A HYBRID APPROACH TO GREEN BUILDING CONSTRUCTION USING MASS TIMBER
2023India harbours the world's largest population and the most extensive construction sector globally, where the utilization of engineered wood products in building construction remains minimal. The advantages of incorporating timber into tall and commercial constructions are indisputable, contributing to the reduction of the carbon footprint, shortened ...
Ram Kumar V R, Amitava Sil
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Cottonwood Cabins: An Investigating into Screw Laminated Mass Timber Construction
Expanding The View, 2021It has been argued that the most significant, yet troubling, legacy of modernism has been the specialization of the various elements of building once directed and harmonized by the master builder.1 Relegating buildings to an individual specialist has inevitably created more complicated building assemblies requiring each material to handle only a ...
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Lateral design with mass timber: examination of structural wood in high-rise timber construction
2019As cities are getting denser and larger, tall buildings are becoming prototype of large and expanding cities around the world. Among the conventional building materials used in the last century, timber is increasingly becoming more prominent with its engineered production and smaller ecological footprint.
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Sustainable Homes for All: Mass Timber Construction
With the explosion in increased population migrating to cities, housing infrastructure poses one of the biggest challenges in India as well as other countries. The need for a safe space to live which transforms the quality and well-being reducing environmental challenges is a necessity.openaire +2 more sources