Mass Timber Could Combat Germs in Hospital Settings

Mass timber could combat germs in hospital settings

Exposed wetted wood could have antimicrobial potential, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of Oregon.

Vancouver Breaks Ground on Record-Breaking Free-Span Mass Timber Roof

You’re standing in a vast, column-free space where timber beams stretch impossibly far overhead, their grain patterns creating natural art against the sky. That’s exactly what Vancouver’s latest mass timber project promises to deliver—and it’s changing everything we thought we knew about engineered wood’s structural limits. © Ellis Don Vancouver has quietly become North America’s mass timber laboratory. While other cities debate code changes, Va…