Bigger Than a Woodchip: Building & Fire Sciences

The Lab partners with industry to support the development of new wood products and provide data that can be used to justify the use of more wood in building applications, including data used to support the construction of the Ascent building (currently the world’s tallest wood building).

The unique experimental capabilities of the fire laboratory allow us to assess a wide range of fuels including solid timber, engineered wood products, wood based composites, and forest and grassland vegetation in collaboration with and in support of Forest Service research stations.

Dr. Sam Zelinka, Fire Lab Project Leader, Dr. Laura Hasburgh, Kara Yedinak, and Dr. Sam Glass will provide an overview of Building and Fire Sciences, structural fire resistance topics, Wildfire and Urban interface issues, and other building and science research.