This photo and information was originally printed in the 1963 Messenger Index. The largest glue laminated wood beams ever manufactured in Idaho left the beam plant of the Boise Cascade Mill at Emmett ...

Rapid urban development in emerging economies—especially across Asia Pacific and Latin America—is increasing demand for efficient, fast-to-install, and cost-effective building materials. Glulam ...

The Fennel House, designed by Robert Harvey Oshatz, floats on Portland’s Willamette River. Its curved form, reflecting the ripples of the water, is made with Glulam wood beams and sits on a floating ...

Engineered wood products (EWPs) are used in a wide range of construction applications. For low in-place cost, versatility and superior performance, engineered wood systems are simply hard to beat.

DEAR TIM: I’m getting ready to build a large room addition that needs a beam to support the floor joists. I’ve been told that a wood beam will work, but I’ve always seen steel I-beams in other houses.

Welcome back to the "Behold the Beam" series of articles. In part three (Firehouse®, September 2010) of the series, we discussed the first five of the 13 common types of beams that firefighters can ...