Steel is a powerful alternative to wood framing; it’s strong and fire-resistant and can withstand winds up to 150 mph.

With proper construction in conformance with code regulations, a “fire safe” building can be designed. In many cases, ordinary wood-frame construction with wood structural panel sheathing provides ...

The question: Why was the eight-floor apartment building's frame built out of wood? First Coast News spoke with both developers and attorneys not affiliated with the RISE Doro's construction ...

Balloon structures employed wood studs and thin plates, not a hefty frame with mortised-and-tenoned joints. The studs ran the full height of the building, secured by nails. This was an inexpensive ...

The 239-unit luxury apartment building had a wood-frame construction, according to the developer and county records, an increasingly common style over the past decade. Known as pedestal or podium ...

Of course, we would still need to meet earthquake standards, which could be done with steel-reinforced cement materials even better than wood-frame structures ... to revise our building codes ...

Until recently, the corner lot held a number of smaller commercial and residential buildings, including a 19th century wood-frame house with a gable roof. When Brownstoner stopped by 133 Kent Avenue ...

Inspired by the States, this residential and holiday ... medium-density wood fibreboard that is ideal for the outer cladding of roof and timber frame walls.

Building with wood instead of concrete and ... multi-storey buildings constructed with wood—or at least with a wooden frame—is currently around 16%, compared to 9% a decade ago.