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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Construction workers secure an engineered wood column onto the deck of the 12th floor of the Ascent apartment building on Aug. 2, ...

Timber-frame construction puts gravity and lateral loads into fewer, larger members. It relies on exposed beams and open spans as defining architectural features. That differs from conventional wood ...

TAKES A VILLAGE: Barron Brown directs a crew at a barn raising near Marshall. Photo by Storms Reback It’s not every day you get invited to a barn raising, so when I did, I jumped at the opportunity.