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| Multi-Storey Wood Frame Construction in the United States |
| Don E. Wallace, Western Wood Products Association, USA
Kevin C.K. Cheung, Western Wood Products Association, USA
Thomas Williamson, APA - The Engineered Wood Association, USA |
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Wood-framed buildings of four and five stories are becoming increasingly more common in the United States as developers are requiring greater project density to offset rising land costs. Driven by tight budgets and construction schedules, architects and engineers accustomed to designing two and three-story wood frame buildings, are facing new technical and structural challenges as wood-frame buildings push the limits of building codes and material properties. A growing body of successful projects suggests that the design community is successfully meeting this challenge.
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