
23 May 2023
Do you design mass timber projects? See this month’s Structure Magazine for an informative article with 3 case studies on using CoreBrace BRBs in mass timber structures. The article, written with engineers from Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), Aspect Structural Engineers, and KPFF Consulting Engineers, highlights the use of BRBs in real world projects with three effective methods:
1. Steel frames within mass timber structures
2. Timber frames within mass timber structures
3. Mass timber shearwalls with BRB holdowns
These methods allow the efficient use of BRBs as a lateral system in virtually any mass timber project.
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