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Invisible Coating to Make Wood ‘Fireproof’

An invisible coating that can “fireproof” wood has been invented by scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore). With the popularity of mass engineered timber growing in the construction...

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Meet the Robot Helping to Build Western Australia’s Largest Mass-Engineered Timber Building

A new Murdoch University project is to be the largest mass-engineered timber building in Western Australia. Large mass-engineered timber construction projects require placing hundreds of thousands of screw fixtures. A...

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Fortifying CLT Walls for Earthquake-Proof Buildings

Wood has similar strength to concrete, yet one fifth of the weight, meaning timber buildings naturally have much lower earthquake loads. A novel approach to the way cross-laminated timber (CLT)...

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Fire Engineering Key to Haven Road Apartment Design

Mass timber is going through a meteoric rise within NZ, with many major projects committing to significant timber content of the building’s structure. Locally, Holmes have worked with the RM...