Off-site building components, whether mass timber, storage containers or the various types of modular units, can be beneficial to getting projects done, but using them properly means understanding ...

binding and integrating the masonry wall into a stronger unit. Tradicional column-beam systems use timber formwork built on-site according to the architectural project, forming molds into which ...

Cross-laminated timber is a wonderful way of using ... on-site work more quickly and easily. Going modular also uses more material, as every unit has its own walls and ceilings; in traditional ...

We love cross-laminated timber ... modular construction. Proving that modular homes can be both green and beautiful, German company BLOXS has been making a line of stylish, premium-quality modular ...

Modular housing units, sometimes called “prefabs” have been floated as a possible solution to help ease Oregon’s housing crisis. Assembling housing units en mass from mass timber allows for the units ...

The Port of Portland is leasing a former marine terminal to a mass timber company as part of an effort to spur housing ...

MyLaneHome built this modular laneway ... out of cross-laminated timber (CLT), a form of eco-friendly mass timber. The company brought a 200-square-foot micro-unit into B.C. Place Stadium for ...

“We all see the benefit of optimizing a living unit and repeating it ... the delivery and production of sustainable modular and mass timber affordable housing. Hayward-based nonprofit ...

The invention of modular units greatly accelerated the construction process in the 12 th century in China. Furthermore, the introduction of standardized timber regulated the scale of building ...

This course is an introduction to the design of timber, masonry, and hybrid structures. Design of timber and masonry structural elements: beams, columns, walls, and connections, subject to vertical ...