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Dedications Forewords Preface Acknowledgements  \nAbout the Companion Website  \nPART 1: The Evolution of Mass Timber  \nChapter 1: From Cedar Longhouses to Mass Timber High Rises  \n1.1 INDIGENOUS BUILDERS  \n1.2 GREEK AND ROMAN BUILDERS  \n1.3 MEDIEVAL BUILDERS  \n1.4 INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION BUILDERS  \n1.5 NEW WOOD MATERIALS  \n1.6 A (MASS‐)TIMBER RENAISSANCE: 20TH AND 21 ST CENTURIES  \n1.7 KEY BUILDINGS AND WOOD STRUCTURES  \n1.8 THE FUTURE OF MASS TIMBER REVIEW QUESTIONS EXERCISES  \nKEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS  \nWEB LINKS  \nSELECTED REFERENCES  \nChapter 2: Forests, Mass Timber, and Climate Change  \n2.1 THE GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE  \n2.2 STATE OF THE WORLD'S FORESTS  \n2.3 SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT  \n2.4 LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT  \n2.5 CIRCULAR CONSTRUCTION REVIEW QUESTIONS EXERCISES  \nKEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS  \nWEB LINKS  \nSELECTED REFERENCES  \nPART 2: Mass Timber Materials, Products, and Properties  \nChapter 3: Wood as a Building Material  \n3.1 TREE STRUCTURE  \n3.2 WOOD GRAIN AND CELL STRUCTURE  \n3.3 MECHANICAL PROPERTIES  \n3.4 WOOD AND WATER  \n3.5 DURABILITY AND PROTECTION OF WOOD REVIEW QUESTIONS  \nEXERCISES  \nKEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS  \nWEB LINKS  \nSELECTED REFERENCES Chapter 4: From Log to Graded Lumber  \n4.1 SOLID SAWN WOOD  \n4.2 DIMENSION LUMBER  \n4.3 LUMBER GRADING  \nREVIEW QUESTIONS  \nEXERCISES  \nKEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS  \nWEB LINKS  \nSELECTED REFERENCES  \nChapter 5: From Lumber to Laminate – Mass Timber Products  \n5.1 MASS TIMBER COMPONENTS:  \nLAMINATIONS AND ADHESIVES  \n5.2 GLUED LAMINATED TIMBER (GLULAM)  \n5.3 CROSS‐LAMINATED TIMBER (CLT)  \n5.4 NAIL‐LAMINATED TIMBER (NLT) AND DOWEL‐LAMINATED TIMBER (DLT)  \n5.5 WOOD‐CONCRETE COMPOSITES  \n5.6 STRUCTURAL COMPOSITE LUMBER REVIEW QUESTIONS  \nEXERCISES  \nKEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS  \nWEB LINKS  \nSELECTED REFERENCES Chapter 6: Mass Timber Fasteners  \n6.1 SCREWS  \n6.2 NAILS  \n6.3 DRIFT PINS (DOWELS) AND BOLTS  \n6.4 PRE‐ENGINEERED PARTS AND CONNECTIONS  \n6.5 CUSTOM PARTS AND CONNECTIONS  \n6.6 WOOD‐CONCRETE SHEAR CONNECTORS  \n6.7 GLUED CONNECTIONS  \n6.8 CORROSION PROTECTION FOR FASTENERS  \nREVIEW QUESTIONS  \nEXERCISES  \nKEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS  \nWEB LINKS  \nSELECTED REFERENCES  \nPART 3: Mass Timber Building Conceptualization Chapter 7: Mass Timber in the Building Codes  \n7.1 INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE AND STATE CODES  \n7.2 DETAILING MASS TIMBER CONSTRUCTION  \n7.3 DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS AND PRODUCT STANDARDS  \nREVIEW QUESTIONS  \nEXERCISES  \nKEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS  \nWEB LINKS  \nSELECTED REFERENCES  \nChapter 8: Mass Timber Building Systems and Their Layout  \n8.1 WOOD‐SPECIFIC LAYOUT CONCEPTS (MASS TIMBER TYPOLOGIES)  \n8.2 BUILDING‐LEVEL LAYOUT CONCEPTS  \n8.3 LATERAL LOAD‐RESISTING CONCEPTS  \n8.4 DETAIL‐LEVEL CONCEPTS  \n8.5 HVAC AND MEP INTEGRATION CONCEPTS  \n8.6 EXTERIOR WALL AND FAÇADE CONCEPTS  \n8.7 PROTECTION STRATEGIES REVIEW QUESTIONS EXERCISES  \nKEY TERMS AND CONCEPTS  \nWEB LINKS  \nSELECTED REFERENCES  \nPART 4: Mass Timber 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