After massive fires in Waltham, Mass. and Boston destroyed large residential lightweight wood-frame building complexes this summer, officials from both municipalities are questioning the safety of ...

Safety concerns following the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 led to building safety codes that limited the use of wood in construction. While it was one of the first and most common materials used to make ...

A wave of fires at wood-frame multifamily construction sites across the United States has critics calling for tighter building codes, but developers stress too much regulation could negatively impact ...

For over a century, wood pole structures have been used to support overhead powerlines. Over time, as the utility industry expanded, the basic wood pole structure has evolved, but regardless of ...

New restrictions on the use of wood frame structures enacted by Sandy Springs, Ga., will likely impact the multifamily construction market. (Photo courtesy GLJ Partners) September 20, 2016 New limits ...

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On May 18, 2023, a five-alarm fire broke out at a construction site in SouthPark. Two men died as a result of the blaze. As investigators work to uncover the cause of last week’s deadly construction ...

The American Wood Council's 2015 “Wood-Frame Construction Manual for One- and Two-Family Dwellings” (WFCM ) has been approved as an American National Standard by the American National Standards ...

Four years ago, the Pritzker Prize–winner Tadao Ando spectacularly converted a 1920s apartment building in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago into exhibition spaces for a gallery named—in ...

When it comes to building in Estero, design standards have always been high. Even before incorporation, the city had voluntary design review committees for incoming development. That’s why many ...

In New York City, a developer got an exemption to build rental buildings using mostly timber. Is this the climate-friendly wave of the future? By C. J. Hughes See more of our coverage in your search ...