New Mass Timber Act Introduced in Congress 

There’s still a long legislative process to get through but if this is enacted, it’s a big advancement for the construction field.

Massive Bamboo Development Opens in Southern China

At nearly 9 million square feet the complex includes shopping, four residential units and a digital art museum. The scale of developments using bamboo continues to expand and nowhere is that more evident than in China, where a new urban district has opened in Yibin, in the southern portion of the country in Sichuan Province. […]

Big Developers Love Timber Buildings

Announcements from two of the biggest developers in the business offer encouraging news for the timber building business. It was good news for the mass timber building sector at the recent National Association of Real Estate Editors in Austin as two of the biggest commercial developers said that wooden buildings are leasing up faster and […]

Nashville Latest City to Get Good with Wood

Nashville has become the latest municipality to embrace the movement to build large mass timber structures. It’s music to the ears of the lumber industry. Joining cities and states around the country, Nashville city government has approved the construction of high-rise timber buildings, up to 18 stories. Known as Music City, Nashville had previously limited […]