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Hybrid Wood-Steel Systems Deliver Tall Timber Success: The BCIT’s Student Housing Tower

The British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) in Burnaby has delivered a milestone in tall timber design with the completion of its 12-story Tall Timber Student Housing tower. Building on the e...

Europe’s Largest Timber Development Breaks Ground in Stockholm

As part of an initiative to align urban development with environmental priorities, Sweden has initiated the world’s largest wooden city in the Sickla district of Stockholm. Known as Stockholm Wood Ci...

Civil Engineering News Recap of January 2025

You can now find TheCivilEngineer.org's latest news recap video on YouTube, which includes what we found to be the most interesting civil engineering news of January 2025. Namely, these were: 1) Ch...

Safer Structures for Tougher Climate Times: The Case for CFS

As the world faces increasingly frequent and severe climate events, the construction industry is tasked with creating buildings that are both sustainable and resilient. Hurricanes, wildfires, and ext...

Building Smarter, Greener Structures with DfMA in Mass Timber Construction

The Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DfMA) approach is redefining the construction landscape, particularly in mass timber projects. With a focus on sustainability, precision, and efficiency, Df...

Enhancing Mass Timber Construction: New CLT Design Solutions

The Rise of Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) Cross-laminated timber (CLT) is gaining rapid popularity in the United States and worldwide. This engineered wood product is part of a broader construction m...

Emphasis on Aesthetics Led to the Collapse of Tretten Timber Bridge in Norway

Following the collapse of the Tretten Bridge in Norway in August 2022, an official report by the Norwegian Safety Investigation Authority (NSIA) criticized the bridge's design and construction. The b...

Timber structure built by pre-sapiens carpenters was discovered by researchers

The world's oldest known timber structure was excavated at Kalambo Falls in Zambia. Archaeologists found this structure, which was constructed by humans prior to the emergence of Homo sapiens as a di...

Storm rips off the wall of a 12th floor apartment in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

The wall of a 12th floor apartment in Kuala Lumpur was ripped off during a thunderstorm on Friday, May 19. Furthermore, the event took place in the Loke Yew building, which consists of public housin...

SkyCiv Beam: A quick and easy-to-use online tool for beam analysis

SkyCiv provides a variety of online design and analysis software. Different subscription plans are also available, and one of them is the free-to-use, which provides access to some limited features....