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(SAN DIEGO) -- Researchers have successfully simulated a high magnitude earthquake on the largest building ever tested, and the structure survived. Global interest in mass timber construction -- which involves thick, compressed layers of wood, bonded together, creating structural load-bearing elements -- has skyrocketed in the last several years, after the International Building Code announced the

Researchers have successfully simulated a high magnitude earthquake on the largest building ever tested, and the structure survived.

WBAL Radio 1090 AM - Can a 10-story building made of timber withstand a 7.7 magnitude earthquake? Researchers test one to find out.

WBAL Radio 1090 AM - Can a 10-story building made of timber withstand a 7.7 magnitude earthquake? Researchers test one to find out.

A10-story building made of cross-laminated timber will be tested on one of the world’s two largest earthquake simulators at the University of California San Diego this spring. Known as the Tallwood project, it is the tallest full-scale building ever