Amazon's new delivery station in Elkhart, Indiana, looks nothing like the concrete and steel boxes that dot America's logistics landscape. The 171,000-square-foot facility is built almost entirely from mass timber, using over 500,000 board feet of southern yellow pine to create walls and ceilings that breathe warmth into an industrial space. ZGF Architects designed the
It’s green washing at its best, but I’m a big fan of these wood building initiatives.
I know you’re sniping at Amazon and their practices, but using disinformation to do so doesn’t sit well with me. Wooden buildings are no more prone to fire than concrete or metal buildings.
🤦♂️ it’s not the frequency, it’s what happens when it starts to burn. There’s a reason nobody wants to insure commercial buildings with frame construction.
I know you’re sniping at Amazon and their practices, but using disinformation to do so doesn’t sit well with me. Wooden buildings are no more prone to fire than concrete or metal buildings.
🤦♂️ it’s not the frequency, it’s what happens when it starts to burn. There’s a reason nobody wants to insure commercial buildings with frame construction.
Watch this https://youtu.be/2qry7AmdIn8
I really don’t give a shit about some YouTube video. The insurance industry actuaries know what they’re doing.
Yes, but they only look at economic factors.
People dying in a burning building is very expensive for an insurance company. They tend to want to avoid it.