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While a School of Mines professor works to make wood structures more resilient in earthquakes, a Denver engineer continues to look at the city as a focal point for a mass timber building revolution.
Visionaries making the path to decarbonization easier to follow and skilled managers called in to create expedited fixes in the face of structural failures or to avert disaster are among the 25 individuals who came up with the needed solutions last year.
Lever Architecture and a team of researchers have successfully tested the earthquake-resistant capabilities of a 10-storey mass-timber building.
One sunny morning last month, a simulated earthquake jolted northeast San Diego. Minutes later, another temblor hit, causing a 10-story wood building to sway.
The TallWood building’s ability to withstand back-to-back simulated earthquakes speaks to the natural flexibility of wood construction and the architectural systems designed to strengthen the structure, such as the rocking walls.