1.0constructconnect.comrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="UrtFVkW5WL"><a href="/dcn/news/resource/2022/05/mass-timber-beam-connector-could-be-a-game-changer-for-fire-protection">Mass timber beam connector could be a game-changer for fire protection</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="/dcn/news/resource/2022/05/mass-timber-beam-connector-could-be-a-game-changer-for-fire-protection/embed#?secret=UrtFVkW5WL" width="600" height="338" title="“Mass timber beam connector could be a game-changer for fire protection” — constructconnect.com" data-secret="UrtFVkW5WL" 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/2022/05/DP_FireTimberMainWebTag-01.png1024576A mass timber beam/column connector developed by two Lakehead University researchers in Thunder Bay, Ont. could change the way tall mass timber building interiors look. As it stands, glulam timber beams and supporting columns are commonly encapsulated with three to four layers of drywall to meet fire codes but the novel connector might eliminate the […]