The future is growing on trees
Thanks to industrial construction in wood, we can now build faster, better and more cost-effectively than ever before. A multi-storey building in wood can be ready to move into just 10 weeks after the foundation...
Category: wood
Wood in Construction – 25 cases of Nordic Good Practice
Wood has the ability to act as a carbon sink and therefore holds a great potential in the transition towards a low-carbon construction industry. How? Well, here are 25 examples across the value chain...
Wooden high-rise trend reaches new heights in Norway
The wonderful world of superlatively tall wood buildings has just gained its newest title-holding champion in the form of Mjøstårnet (Mjøsa Tower), a handsome timber high-rise in the Norwegian town of Brumunddal topping out...
5 innovative building materials of the future
Innovative building materials can make a major contribution to resource efficiency. In the following we will show you some selected examples from research and construction practice that hold high future potential. – Innovative base...
THE FUTURE TIMBER HOUSE: SUSTAINABLE, ADAPTABLE AND RESILIENT
Globally, the threat of climate change and the struggle to manage non-recyclable products means sustainability needs to be at the forefront of everybody’s minds. Engineering, innovation and forward-thinking will each play their part in...
Why more buildings should be made of wood
The second little pig was unlucky. He built his house from sticks. It was blown away by a huffing, puffing wolf, which promptly gobbled him up. His brother, by contrast, built a wolf-proof house...
Sustainable innovations shaping construction
With the UK construction, operation and maintenance industry accounting for 48% of the UK’s carbon emissions, the focus of many innovations in construction is now on reducing the construction sector’s CO2 output. Protection Supplies have...
Construction using concrete reinforced with renewable materials
Tomorrow’s building material is here today. Textile-reinforced concrete (TRC) is durable, formable in diverse shapes and suitable for lightweight construction. As the name suggests, conventional TRC is reinforced with carbon or glass-fiber fabrics rather...