{"id":381,"date":"2016-05-11T06:15:36","date_gmt":"2016-05-11T06:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalland.com\/blog\/?p=381"},"modified":"2023-03-27T14:30:10","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T18:30:10","slug":"what-exactly-is-an-engineered-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalland.com\/blog\/what-exactly-is-an-engineered-home\/","title":{"rendered":"What is an &#8220;Engineered&#8221; Home?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p class=\"gmail_default\"><img data-attachment-id=\"418\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/nationalland.com\/blog\/what-exactly-is-an-engineered-home\/unnamed-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nationalland.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/unnamed.png?fit=550%2C335&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"550,335\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"unnamed\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nationalland.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/unnamed.png?fit=300%2C183&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nationalland.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/unnamed.png?fit=550%2C335&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-418 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nationalland.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/unnamed.png?resize=550%2C335&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"unnamed\" width=\"550\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nationalland.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/unnamed.png?w=550&amp;ssl=1 550w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nationalland.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/unnamed.png?resize=300%2C183&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail_default\">With new Cad\/Engineering technology available to small home builders (and now large building contractors), &#8220;Engineered&#8221; homes have begun making use of wood as basic building structural materials even <i>more profitable and popular<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail_default\">Simply, the new software available to architects allows the design of homes\/buildings based on common lumber lengths\/widths with almost zero waste!<\/p>\n<p class=\"gmail_default\">According to Pat Layton (Clemson University Wood Utilization + Design Institute), the technology to engineer buildings using common cut timber sizes has now expanded into projects like the U.S. Army&#8217;s Redstone Arsenal building in an Alabama hotel which became the first in U.S. built with cross-laminated timber, rather than traditional steel or concrete.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\">This is another indication that <i>timber values will increase going forward and continue to outperform the stock market!<\/i><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p class=\"gmail_default\"><i><span style=\"font-family: verdana, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/building-sustainably-sc-wood-pat-layton?_mSplash=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pulse\/building-sustainably-sc-wood-pat-layton?_mSplash=1<\/a><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With new Cad\/Engineering technology available to small home builders (and now large building contractors), &#8220;Engineered&#8221; homes have begun making use of wood as basic building structural materials even more profitable and popular. 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