Aug 8, 20263 min
Old Demolition Wood, New Insulation: The Circular Route Researchers Are Testing
A June 2026 study asks whether clean construction and demolition wood can become wood-fibre insulation instead of waste.
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Aug 8, 20263 min
Sweden Delivers CLT by Electric Truck—and Cuts Transport Emissions About 85%
Stora Enso’s first fully electric delivery programme carries roughly 400 m³ of CLT to ByggPartner’s new timber headquarters in Borlänge.
Aug 8, 20264 min
Tall Timber in a Downburst: Why Lightweight Does Not Mean Wind-Weak
A July 2026 study tests how post-tensioned CLT rocking-wall towers respond to intense localized downburst winds.
Aug 8, 20265 min
Timber Buildings Do Not Have an Expiry Date: What a 2026 Durability Review Found
A June 2026 review found that moisture, maintenance and obsolescence matter more than a mythical fixed lifespan for timber buildings.
Aug 8, 20265 min
US Mass Timber in 2026: 2,833 Projects, New Volume Data and a Growing Technical Backbone
WoodWorks’ project count, USDA material-use data and a new technical reference guide together show a US market growing in scale—and in the infrastructure needed to deliver it.
Aug 8, 20263 min
Vancouver’s 345-foot timber roof takes mass timber into arena-scale spans
The Freedom Mobile Arch amphitheatre is scheduled to open in 2026 beneath a 345 ft hybrid timber-and-steel roof. The project moves engineered wood beyond familiar grids and into the demanding geometry of a major public venue.
Jul 30, 20267 min
Timber Volume, Weight & Cost Calculator (Metric + Imperial)
Convert timber dimensions or known volume into m³, ft³, board feet, estimated weight and material cost—with metric and imperial examples.
Jul 30, 20263 min
Andalusia Starts Building Its First Industrialised Timber-Construction Factory
IberoLam Timber & Technology has begun work on a new factory in Valderrubio, moving a University of Granada research initiative toward commercial off-site construction.
Jul 30, 20265 min
Galicia Opens €2 Million Timber-Building Grants in 2026: What Projects Can Qualify
Galicia’s new 2026 funding round supports homes, apartment buildings and business premises that use wood structurally, turning material choice into a regional industrial policy.
Jul 30, 20265 min
Germany Enters 2026 with a Clearer Route to Five-Storey Timber Buildings
Germany’s revised Model Timber Construction Guideline extends timber-panel construction to Building Class 5, but adoption by the federal states and strict fire-safety detailing still matter.
Jul 30, 20263 min
Germany Launches CIRCTimber to Reuse Load-Bearing Wood
TU Dresden’s new federally funded research project will test how structural timber can be dismantled, graded, reprocessed and designed into safe new buildings.
Jul 30, 20263 min
Madreselva Wins REBUILD 2026: Valencia’s First Mid-Rise Structural Timber Residence
The 14-home project in Burjassot combines certified engineered timber, off-site construction, Passivhaus strategies and high energy ratings.
Jul 30, 20265 min
Milan Adds Timber Floors to an 80-Metre Tower Instead of Demolishing It
The Richard Towers retrofit uses a lightweight steel–timber extension and 300 cubic metres of CLT to add two storeys to an existing 16-storey tower, showing how mass timber can unlock vertical reuse.
Jul 30, 20265 min
Cleveland High School: What 870,000 Board Feet Means
Portland’s planned Cleveland High School includes nearly 870,000 board feet of mass timber. Here is how that quantity converts—and what it cannot tell us.
Jul 30, 20266 min
Timber Frame vs Concrete Homes: What Four Korean LCA Models Show
Four Korean standard-house models produced lower material-stage emissions for timber than converted concrete alternatives. The result is useful, but geometry, service life and regional data limit how far it can travel.
Jul 30, 20267 min
EU Whole-Life Carbon: What Timber Designers Need to Calculate
The EU now has a common framework for calculating the life-cycle global warming potential of new buildings. Here is what changes, when disclosure begins, and why an A1–A3 material estimate is only the starting point.
Jul 30, 20266 min
Mass Timber Types Explained: Species, Grades and Bonding
CLT, glulam, DLT and NLT are not interchangeable. Learn how product type, species, grade, bonding and moisture affect a useful quantity estimate.
Jul 30, 20265 min
Does CLT Always Sound Hollow? What New Listening Tests Found
A 2026 listening study turns simulated footsteps and jumps into design evidence for quieter cross-laminated timber floors.
Jul 30, 20266 min
Mass Timber vs Concrete at 12 Storeys: Cost, Carbon and Time
A Dartmouth feasibility study modelled two 12-storey residential schemes. Timber reduced the study’s A1–A3 structural carbon and structural programme, while carrying a higher estimated project cost.
Jul 30, 20266 min
500 County Center: What Its Mass-Timber Carbon Case Study Reports
The civic building’s project team reports lower structural embodied carbon and a shorter programme. The useful lesson lies in the hybrid system, comparison boundary and assumptions—not a universal percentage.
Jul 30, 20263 min
Rain Does Not Stop at the Surface: CAT Scans Show How CLT Gets Wet
New CAT-scan research maps moisture paths inside rain-exposed CLT and explains why surface readings are not the whole story.
Jul 30, 20265 min
The Hive Reaches Structural Completion: How a Timber Tower Recenters After an Earthquake
Vancouver’s ten-storey timber office uses perimeter glulam braces and self-centering connections to manage earthquake forces without a conventional concrete core.
Jul 30, 20263 min
Wood-Fibre Panels vs Conventional Envelopes Across North American Climates
A new modelling study tests whether prefabricated wood-fibre insulated panels save energy from cold Canada to hot-humid regions.
Jul 30, 20263 min
Wooden Dowels vs Metal Fasteners: A Beginner’s Guide to Timber-Only Connections
May 2026 tests compare wooden-dowel capacity with design models and show where timber-only connections offer circular potential.