Reid Zimmerman

Introduction and Background Mass timber building construction is increasing worldwide thanks to recent advances in mass timber materials and growing market appreciation of the sustainability benefits. At the same time, there is a need to build midrise and high-rise buildings to aid in increased housing demands. These market forces have combined to enable many midrise and high-rise building projects that utilize mass timber components for the gravity force-resisting system.

This is the second of a two-part series on the Kahramanmaraş Earthquake Sequence which occurred on February 6, 2023 in Turkiye. The first article was printed in the STRUCTURE magazine July 2023 issue and presented a background on regional seismicity, seismic design and practice in Turkiye, and the authors’ observations from the field.