Early Design Decisions: Priming Mass Timber Projects for Success

Mass timber is a unique, non-commodity building material and, to lay the groundwork for success, certain critical decisions must be made as early as possible. These decisions can have a big impact on cost and can either increase or limit opportunities later in design. There are many cases of project teams that want to realize the full benefits of mass timber, but, because they base their designs on traditional building practices instead of optimizing them for mass timber, end up with avoidable price premiums. This presentation will walk through early project decisions and design steps, focusing on how to optimize projects for mass timber and how one early decision can influence others. Topics will include construction types, fire ratings, column grids and beam/panel spans, acoustics and MEP integration. Completed mass timber projects will be used to illustrate the variety of viable options when navigating these key decisions.

Please join us before the seminar for lunch.

Speaker: Shannon Williams, PE | WoodWorks

Credits: Attendees can Earn 2.0 AIA/CES HSW LUs, 2.0 PDH credits or 0.2 ICC credits

Location:

Maggiano’s Little Italy
1201 Filbert St
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Map & Directions

Event Parking & Transit:
The closest parking garage is Parkway Parking garage at 12th & Filbert

Approximately 1 ½ blocks from 13th St Station

For questions or additional information, please contact:

LeeAnn Charpentier, CMP | leeann.charpentier@woodworks.org | (301) 633-0330

Image: New College House at the University of Pennsylvania / Bohlin Cywinski Jackson / photo Jeffrey Totaro