The gallery is currently staging a resourceful exhibition on wood-frame construction, the method by which more than 90% of U.S. houses are built. The show’s dominant feature is a soaring three ...

wood-frame buildings - those no taller than four stories - which may have a "soft story" condition making them vulnerable to collapse even during a moderate earthquake. In soft-story construction, the ...

Typical untreated wood-frame exterior walls are combustible and contribute as fuel during a fire; Type III walls don’t. Exterior metal cladding on this building was applied over the original ...

A long-neglected and formerly ornate wood-frame apartment house on Greenpoint’s Calyer Street ... However, at the hearing, Christina Conroy of the Victorian Society of New York said the building ...

It was sunny and late morning, but there was a glow radiating off the wooden beams and columns more akin to the golden hour before dusk. To the untrained eye, the unfinished seven-story building ...

“Once the (wood-frame) building is complete and the ... Another critical component to consider: enhancing staircases during construction of the building. Building codes don’t always mention ...

A chara, – It was reassuring to see coverage of wood-frame construction, its benefits and the bureaucratic and cultural challenges it faces in Ireland in Sylvia Thompson’s article (“Can ...

Florida Fire Prevention Code does require sprinklers and fire alarms in wood-frame buildings. Officials the Doro apartment building had ... a final pressure check during a fire inspection that ...

Known as a pedestal or podium building, it’s actually two structures: a poured-concrete first level – the pedestal – with four stories of wood-frame construction on top. Another popular form ...

The question: Why was the eight-floor apartment building's frame built out of wood? First Coast News spoke with both developers and attorneys not affiliated with the RISE Doro's construction ...