Typically, when you want to build a high rise, you need iron, steel, cement, concrete; materials that are super strong and durable but also come with a high carbon footprint. Now, some builders are ...

The increased demand for responsive and quality healthcare facilities combined with Seattle’s constrained geography gives rise to more high-rise construction to serve a growing population.

Mass timber is increasingly viewed as a viable replacement for steel and concrete in high-rise construction, driven by its ...

The operating life and life span of buildings are often far apart. If a property is no longer fit for purpose, it is usually demolished even though it would still be perfectly usable. Even in the ...

The Chinese government remains silent about why it has permitted construction to resume on a 117-story skyscraper in Tianjin city nearly a decade after it was ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia - The Case for Tall Wood Buildings report released this week validates the use of mass timber products as a viable structural building material option in tall-building ...

In a trial, jurors examine whether safety rules were treated as priorities or obstacles, writes a personal injury attorney.

Sometimes there’s a good reason Massachusetts has different rules than the rest of the nation. For example, we pioneered universal health insurance coverage and free public schools. But sometimes ...