German-American architect Matthias Olt has come up with an environmentally friendly option to replace the cracking high rise of the West Seattle Bridge: a hybrid made of mass timber combined with ...

Keywords: Seismic vulnerability assessments. Timber structures. Bridges. Substructures. Seismic designs. Seismic performance. Shaking table tests. Pile-to-foundation ...

EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Officials said that recent inspections of its nine wooden (also known as timber) bridges found no significant or critical levels of deterioration and the structures ...

While more of a dialogue-starter than a formal proposal, a hybrid mass timber replacement for the cracked and closed West Seattle Bridge has been garnering attention as the city weighs its options.

Sheena Boughen often travels over the single-lane timber bridge at Cuttagee on the New South Wales far south coast, stopping to give way to oncoming traffic. "You have this little moment of just ...