Houses with steel or concrete framing can sometimes earn credits towards LEED “green building” certification — a fact that the concrete and steel [PDF] industries are more than happy to tout.

Some estimates put the carbon footprint of a typical wood building at approximately 25 to 40 percent of the carbon footprint of steel or concrete structures. And since CLT is made from sawn lumber ...

Using wood building materials to cut into that concrete reliance would have an added benefit: Trees absorb carbon dioxide, removing it from the atmosphere, and while they can take in more while ...

The recent push for larger and taller wood structures may seem like an architectural fad—plenty of hype, but only a few dozen completed projects globally. Concrete and steel still rule the world of ...

The Steel Framing Industry Association has launched a certification program to ensure that cold-formed steel connectors meet quality guidelines, building codes, and ASTM standards. Association ...

Wood beams can be treated with borate chemicals to minimize wood rot and prevent infestation by insects that can't harm steel. If you want to fasten something to a steel beam, it's a challenge.

ARTICLE Tallest Wood Building On the Rise Cross laminated timbers are being used in mass quantities for the tallest wood building so far: a 121-unit, 10-story apartment complex in London.

The Washington, D.C.-based Steel Framing Alliance, whose purview covers commercial and residential building, enumerates the benefits of steel framing. Steel stands as the most cost-effective mid ...

While these conventional products enhance wood's properties for construction, they do not typically achieve the“stronger-than-steel” characteristics targeted by these newer innovations.

The U.S. housing sector, which is facing a shortage of 5.5 million to 6.8 million housing units, is in need of innovation, say experts.