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PORTLAND — From its conception, the new mass timber roof at Portland International Airport was meant to evoke a walk through a Pacific Northwest forest. TrendingAgriculture secretary pledges ...
A working category of the Institute for Timber Construction South Africa (ITC-SA), 'timber roof truss designer' has been registered by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) as a ...
The roof’s solid oak beams rest on steel columns and it includes a 7.5 m (24 ft) cantilevered section that juts out to provide shaded areas outside. Its main entrance takes visitors into the ...
To that end, installation began this week of a nine-acre wooden roof with mass timber components that will cover the airport’s expanded main terminal. Passengers won’t actually see the roof ...
Enter the first major U.S. airport with a timber roof and the wow factor is everywhere. Undertaken at a cost of $2.1 billion, the four-year PDX remodel uses 3.7 million board feet of wood.
The venue for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic gymnastics competition moved a step closer toward completion Wednesday when construction workers raised the center section of its giant timber roof.