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The relationship between timber use in construction and property purchasing decisions in Australia: The mediating effects of environmental attitudes

Sustainable Futures
Timber is a renewable resource increasingly utilised in sustainable construction, including in Mass Timber Construction (MTC). Consumer demand is likely pivotal to the mainstream adoption of MTC, the influence of consumer attitudes and purchasing ...
Paul D. Kremer, Mark A. Symmons
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The potential use of mass timber in mid-to high-rise construction and the associated carbon benefits in the United States.

PLoS ONE
Nonresidential and mid- to high-rise multifamily residential structures in the United States currently use little wood per unit floor area installed, because earlier building codes lacked provisions for structural wood use in those types of buildings ...
Prakash Nepal, Jeffrey P Prestemon, Indroneil Ganguly, Vaibhav Kumar, Richard D Bergman, Neelam C Poudyal   +5 more
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Numerical Modeling of Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) Shear Wall Structures: Review and Assessment

Infrastructures
Recent revisions to the International Building Code (IBC 2021) have allowed high-rise mass timber shear wall structures up to 18 stories and 270 feet, reflecting the growing popularity and wide recognition of the advantages of mass timber construction ...
Tian Xia, Yuntian Wu, Ahmed Ibrahim
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Mass Timber at UMaine [PDF]

, 2017
Many architects and engineers believe that we are now in “the beginning of the timber age” where “plyscrapers” will soon be dotting city skylines all over the world.
Advanced Structures & Composites Center, University of Maine
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Outlook for Mass Timber: A Saskatchewan Case Study [PDF]

, 2021
Mass timber, an engineered wood product, is an environmentally acclaimed technological development that aims to compete with concrete and steel as the structural component in mid-rise and tall building construction.
Dandridge, Lindsay
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This is hardcore: CNC prototypes for timber cores : Designing multi-storey timber buildings from the inside out

, 2014
No architect will make a dent in the universe by designing an excellent services shaft or HVAC system, and yet architects could certainly do a lot worse than focusing on redefining the hidden innards supporting our built environment.
Girhammar, Ulf Arne, Kaiser, Axel, Larsson, Magnus   +2 more
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Transforming AEC Education: A Systematic Review of VR/AR in Mass Timber Curriculum

Buildings
Architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) education requires a radical shift in pedagogical strategies to enhance knowledge retention, critical thinking, practical skills development, and student engagement.
Mohammed Rayan Saiba, George H. Berghorn, Linda Nubani, Kristen Cetin, M. G. Matt Syal   +4 more
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Feasibility Study of Mass-Timber Cores for the UBC Tall Wood Building

Buildings, 2018
The UBC Brock Commons building in Vancouver, which comprises of 18 stories and stands 53 m in height, was at the time of completion in 2016 the world’s tallest hybrid wood-based building.
Thomas Connolly, Cristiano Loss, Asif Iqbal, Thomas Tannert   +3 more
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Uso de mass timber construction en edificios altos : una revisión

, 2022
Mass timber construction (MTC) is presented as an alternative construction material to traditional ones such as concrete and steel. The article presents a systematic literary review of MTC where 23 documents were reviewed...El mass timber construction ...
Saá Rubio, Ariel Andrés
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Life cycle assessment of an entirely wood floor system designed for carbon negativity, future adaptability, and end-of-life de/re/construction

Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability
The construction sector accounts for approximately 11% of global greenhouse gas emissions, largely due to the production of steel, concrete and aluminum. As global infrastructure investments grow, exceeding $2.9 trillion in the United States alone, there
Muzan Williams Ijeoma, Sovanroth Ou, Amin Nabati, Hao Chen, Michael Stoner, Patricia Layton, Dustin Albright, Brandon Ross, Weichiang Pang, Michael Carbajales-Dale   +9 more
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