1.0constructconnect.comrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="2pTCAlCkPB"><a href="/dcn/news/resource/2023/07/designers-question-the-childish-pursuit-of-ever-taller-mtc-buildings">Climate and Construction: Designers question the ‘childish’ pursuit of ever-taller MTC buildings</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="/dcn/news/resource/2023/07/designers-question-the-childish-pursuit-of-ever-taller-mtc-buildings/embed#?secret=2pTCAlCkPB" width="600" height="338" title="“Climate and Construction: Designers question the ‘childish’ pursuit of ever-taller MTC buildings” — constructconnect.com" data-secret="2pTCAlCkPB" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},!c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<s.length;o++)if(r=s[o],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(a=d.createElement("a"),i=d.createElement("a"),a.href=r.getAttribute("src"),i.href=t.value,i.host===a.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!o){o=!0;for(var e,t,r,a=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),i=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),s=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<s.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=s[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(a||i)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2021/11/Bleasby_Climate6-01.png1024576There has been a global embrace of mass timber construction (MTC) in recent years. As Liam Bryant, associate at U.K.-based Webb Yates Engineers, explains in pbctoday.com, much is due to the pressure to reduce embodied carbon in all building types. “All consultants are being challenged to lower overall environmental impact whilst facing supply chain and cost […]