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Oregon Codifies Tall Wood Buildings
Oregon is the first state to allow wood buildings to exceed six stories without special consideration under the Oregon Building Codes Division’s recent statement of alternative method (SAM), which provides prescriptive path elements for mass timber construction.
By Joanna Masterson
September 10, 2018
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by Joanna Masterson
Joanna Masterson was a writer and editor for Construction Executive for more than a decade.
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