After the fire, it was determined that the exterior walls of the building were brick veneer and the building was a Type V wood-frame, not Type III ordinary construction, as it originally was believed.

Wood is, by far, the most common material used in the U.S. for single-family home construction. But wood construction isn’t ...

Because light-frame construction is usually the best choice from the standpoint of cost and ease of construction, yet is accorded the lowest basic allowable areas, it is to the designer’s advantage to ...

In the construction industry, light wood-frame offsite construction has emerged as a game-changing approach, promising faster build times, higher quality, and reduced environmental impact. Member ...

The 239-unit luxury apartment building had a wood-frame construction, according to the developer and county records, an increasingly common style over the past decade.

In this episode of our Log Cabin Project, we cut into our wall to build a door frame using salvaged wood and install it in ...