timber framing | Building Enclosure

Items Tagged with 'timber framing'

ARTICLES

Finland's Tallest Mass-Timber Building Rises

January 17, 2022

A recipient of numerous awards for its mass-timber construction, the building required the development of new, innovative wood construction technology and is widely considered a pioneering project.

AWC, ICC Release Mass Timber Buildings and the IBC

August 4, 2020

The publication provides an overview of requirements for mass timber construction as found in the 2015, 2018, and 2021 International Building Code.

Connectors & Fasteners for Mass Timber Construction

C-C-MASSTIMBER20

March 25, 2020

Simpson Strong-Tie has launched a comprehensive offering of code-approved connectors and fasteners to serve the growing North American mass timber construction market.

Green Building’s LEED Credit Promotes Sustainable Forestry

April 13, 2016

The green building movement can now benefit from an expanded range of responsibly sourced timber and forest products eligible for LEED.

Old Meets New

Amanda Gibney Weko

March 3, 2016

How integrating traditional timber framing and modern SIPs creates sustainable structures

Combining Timber Framing with High-Performance Building Envelopes

Amanda Gibney Weko

June 24, 2015

One of the oldest wood crafts in the world, timber framing involves connecting heavy wood timbers with mortise and tenon joinery

This presentation reviews a variety of building types to discuss the continuity of detailing required to manage moisture, air, vapor, and thermal performance, as well as wind resistance requirements at the critical wall-to-roof interface.

This webinar will cover the latest in whole building airtightness test methods, current and projected code requirements, training and certification requirements and resources to allow you to specify this requirement.

Poll

Have you worked on a project that required an energy efficiency retrofit upgrade?

View Results

Poll Archive