Engineering & Construction

Mar
29

BC to build the World’s Tallest Wood Building

Read the original News story from Vancouver Sun. Excerpt posted below for your convenience and discussion.

B.C. is moving ahead with plans to build what is expected to be the tallest wood  building in North America and possibly the world, Jobs [ More ] [ Read More ]

Mar
27

Timber paves way for quake-safe country

EXPAN Media Release, March 26 2012

Two buildings soon to be constructed in Christchurch could lead the way for a seismically safer New Zealand.

 

The Garden City will soon be home to two commercial buildings built of EXPAN, a revolutionary [ More ] [ Read More ]

Mar
15

Canterbury rebuild boost for Hastings

Read the original blog post from The STAR. Excerpt posted below for your convenience and discussion.

Hastings company Kanuka Engineered Wood Products is set to have a major part in the Canterbury rebuild, with the University of Canterbury opting for engineered [ More ] [ Read More ]

Feb
27

WHY DO SOME BUILDING SURVIVE EARTHQUAKES WHEN OTHERS FAIL?

Read the original News post from Timber Engineering Europe Ltd. Excerpt posted below for your convenience and discussion.

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http://www.timberengineeringeurope.com/art_be.html#anfang

Earthquakes can happen anywhere any time, so the idea that “We are not on an Earthquake Zone” is incorrect. [ More ] [ Read More ]

Feb
14

UPDATE: EXPAN Building ‘The safest place on Campus’

The EXPAN building on the University of Canterbury campus has endured not only dozens of simulated earthquakes in the lab, but three significant quakes and the over seven thousand aftershocks that have since rocked the city of Christchurch.

When 23 December [ More ] [ Read More ]