C.R. Onsrud Showing at Mass Timber Conference

The CNC machinery manufacturer will showcase its new equipment for use in mass timber applications. Troutman, NC-based Onsrud, will be in attendance at the 9th Annual International Mass Timber Conference in Portland, OR next month, March 25–27, showing its latest CNC machinery that provides high-precision processing of materials for the mass timber industry, including cross-laminated […]

New Mass Timber Structures at Walmart and Children’s Museum Open

As mass timber building continues to gain popularity two new buildings for two very different uses have opened. Ever since its founding more than 65 years ago, Walmart has operated out of non-descript and often unassuming offices in its Bentonville, AR hometown. But now the first elements of its new 350-acre campus have opened, including […]

Registration Opens for 2025 Mass Timber Conference

As the mass timber movement continues to gain momentum next year’s conference is already well into preparation. It’s the largest gathering in the world for the entire mass timber sector, focusing on the supply chain for the construction method gaining increased popularity in the U.S. and around the world. Now in its ninth year, the […]

The Mass Timber Business Is Booming but Geography Is a Factor

Around the world, the use of mass timber for new construction has skyrocketed but in some parts of the world builders need to be careful. New mass timber buildings, some as high as 30 stories, are turning up in the U.S., Europe and Asia but a new report suggests that certain climates are less hospitable […]

The Biggest Mass Timber Building in U.S. Planned for Oakland, CA

The stakes keep getting higher – literally and figuratively – for mass timber construction with a 28-story structure in the works in California. The past few years have seen bigger and bigger mass timber buildings, particularly in the Pacific Northwest and Upper Midwest regions of the country and now a new record-setter is being planned […]

Georgia’s First Home-Grown Mass Timber Building Opens

Mark it on your calendar when you come to town for IWF this summer: it’s a stunner. Georgia has long been known as one of the leading states for supplying timber to the building industry so it was only a matter of time before the first Mass Timber structure using native supplies opened. That happened […]

Living Timber Is the Latest Building Material

The building materials business has moved to its latest iteration: using live trees in new building construction. Using wood in building new structures may be far more sustainable than other materials but there’s no getting around the fact that the trees that supply the wood still have to be harvested… until now. Terreform One, a […]

Has Mass Timber Building Become Too Popular for the Supply?

With a record number of projects under construction in the U.S. builders say they are running into supply problems. The Mass Timber movement may be getting so popular that some people in the industry are worried about having enough timber for all the projects currently under construction. The online newsletter Bisnow reports that there are […]

The Pine Tree State Gets Its First Mass Timber Buildings

Maine is well known for its vast forests and wooded lands but it’s never had a mass timber building… up until now. It’s known as the Pine Tree State in recognition of its millions of acres of forestry so the recent opening of a pair of mass timber buildings on the campus of Bowdoin College […]

Mass Timber Structure Proves It’s Stronger than an Earthquake… Twice

The Mass Timber movement continues to gain momentum for its environmental and aesthetic appeal but a test structure proved that beauty is more than skin deep.  Earthquakes are among the most devastating and destructive forces of nature, especially to high-rise structures. Engineers and builders have worked for decades – even centuries – to find solutions […]