alyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgM to Environment@beehaw.orgEnglish · 8 months agoSustainable building effort reaches new heights with wooden skyscrapersyaleclimateconnections.orgexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up11
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minus-squareKissaki@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-28 months agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qry7AmdIn8&t=328s They tested it and mass timber columns are rated fire resistant for 3 hours. Concrete is not entirely immune to fire either. [effects](https://www.edtengineers.com/blog-post/fire-effects-concrete], ratings Conditions and behavior are better known of course, given it’s prevalence and use. In the example building covered by Vox, they built a concrete garage base and concrete cores that made it easier to be approved. Either way, that’s what regulations are for. To ensure that the build is safe enough. There is no absolute safety.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qry7AmdIn8&t=328s
They tested it and mass timber columns are rated fire resistant for 3 hours.
Concrete is not entirely immune to fire either. [effects](https://www.edtengineers.com/blog-post/fire-effects-concrete], ratings Conditions and behavior are better known of course, given it’s prevalence and use.
In the example building covered by Vox, they built a concrete garage base and concrete cores that made it easier to be approved.
Either way, that’s what regulations are for. To ensure that the build is safe enough. There is no absolute safety.