Drones, self-propelled modular transporters and a curtain wall that really does hang off the roof like a curtain are all notable technologies that made installing an 18-million-lb timber roof possible at Portland International Airport.
A new urban infill building in Brockton, Mass., leaned on older technologies to create a model of sustainability and hybrid working environments for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
From a distance, the new Baltic Pointe office building rising on the foothills of Draper about 20 miles south of Salt Lake City doesn’t appear much different from others populating Utah’s tech corridor, known as the Silicon Slopes.
James Litwin, vice president of construction at developer Harbor Bay Real Estate Advisors, was intrigued by the possibilities of mass timber construction for residential and mixed use because of his background as a carpenter before he became a development executive.
Housing 90% of the world's population in timber buildings could cut additional carbon dioxide in the atmosphere by the equivalent
of roughly 20 times U.S. annual emissions from energy use, researchers project.