As a lead industry supporter and research partner of the NHERI TallWood project, Simpson ‪@strongtie‬ participated in a series of earthquake shake table tests at University of California San Diego in 2023. The research project was designed to investigate the resilience of a 10-story wood building, constructed of mass timber, when exposed to the seismic forces of large, simulated earthquakes. It is the tallest, full-scale building ever tested for seismic resiliency using mass timber. This video shows actual footage of the earthquake shake table tests, narrated by lead researcher Dr. Shiling Pei, Associate Professor at Colorado School of Mines, along with project partners from Colorado State University and Simpson Strong-Tie.

The NHERI TallWood project is funded by the @NSFScience and USFS. Project collaborators include ‪@ColoSchoolofMines‬, ‪@ColoradoStateUniversity‬, ‪@unevadareno‬, ‪@universityofwashington‬, ‪@WSUSystem‬, and ‪@uofsandiego‬.

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