The products used in tall mass timber buildings are cross-laminated timber (CLT), glued-laminated timber (GluLam) and structural composite lumber (SCL). Firefighters and fire chiefs: Forget ...

Structural recycled plastic lumber, which is mostly polyethylene reinforced with stiffer plastics or recycled composites like car bumpers, does not pose such risks. So 18 years ago, Nosker and ...

Framing products: I-joists, structural composite lumber (laminated veneer lumber, laminated strand lumber, parallel strand lumber and oriented strand lumber) and glued laminated timber (glulam). Mass ...

Owens Corning announced that it signed an agreement with JR Plastics Corporation to acquire WearDeck®, a premium producer of composite weather-resistant decking for commercial and residential ...

However, combined with a structural composite lumber (SCL) top flange and bottom flange, a strong and stable joist is produced. Non-structural engineered wood can be used for the web of a load ...

Scientists at Harvard have now come up with a way to manufacture a cellular composite that's even better than balsa wood, doing away with the occasional structural defects in the wood that can ...

This decking can be used for both commercial and residential applications, given its mechanical performance and lower lifetime costs compared with conventional composite decking. Using proprietary ...