The Structural Wood Design Calculator is for the iPhone or iPod Touch. It is a tool for engineers, architects, and builders, as well as students to design wood beams for strength in bending, shear, ...

Mass Timber Central, developed by Vistek Structural Engineers, will offer hands-on access to structural timber systems, ...

Post and beam and timber frame are both beautiful methods of building but most people think of them as one and the same. Although they are similar, there are subtle differences between them. Both are ...

The most comprehensive reference on building with mass timber, extensively covering its sustainability, materials, building conceptualization, structural design and construction processes Mass Timber: ...

THE determination of the suitable breadth and depth of a timber beam to carry a given load involves consideration of strength, of stiffness, and of the capacity of the material to withstand the ...

The Beam on Farmer, Arizona’s first mass timber, multi-story office building, topped out on Feb. 10, 2022. The five-story, 184,000-sf structure, located in downtown Tempe, is the first in the state to ...

Q. I'm getting ready to build a large room addition that needs a beam to support the floor joists. I've been told that a wood beam will work, but I've always seen steel I-beams in other houses. Is it ...

Large wood timbers are strong, impressive and widely used in architecture. They are popular because they are easy to work into shapes that can be used both structurally and aesthetically. Wood beams ...

DEAR TIM: I’m getting ready to build a large room addition that needs a beam to support the floor joists. I’ve been told that a wood beam will work, but I’ve always seen steel I-beams in other houses.