Watch the precise process of sawing acacia wood to create perfect frame materials. With each cut, the wood is shaped into the ideal dimensions of 8 cm × 14 cm, ready to be used in various projects.

Wood construction of big buildings is catching on just about everywhere for good reasons: wood is renewable. ... This Folding A-Frame Cabin Is a Shoo-In for Fantasy Holiday Wish Lists.

Wood is the product of choice when it comes to manufacturing furniture. Plywood has been used in furniture frames for many years. And as manufacturers continue to streamline and automate their ...

Why has wood construction been out of favor for so long? This is primarily because of the fire-safety issues with light-frame construction and the limited axial load carrying capacity of light-frame ...

According to the International Building Code wood-frame structures that are of the VB construction type can be two stories high with a total area of 9,000 square feet and type VA can be up to ...

In the first few months of 2014, for example, fire disasters fueled by wood framing destroyed a four-story apartment community under construction in Salt Lake City; the five-story, 396-unit Axis ...

“Wood frame has been used in constructing buildings very well for society for over 200 years.” No construction material is fail-safe in a fire, Grundahl said; at high temperatures, concrete ...

With on-site wood frame construction (the norm in North America and Scandinavia), each site becomes its own zero-cost factory. Exposure to the elements poses no real issue; ...