Understanding Mass Timber and Cold-Formed Steel Hybrid Construction
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This seminar explores the emerging hybrid construction method combining mass timber and cold-formed steel (CFS) to optimize structural performance and cost-effectiveness. We will examine structural, fire, and acoustic performance benefits, prefabrication advantages, and construction efficiencies. The presentation will also feature a detailed case study of the Bunker Hill Housing Redevelopment project in Boston, MA, showcasing a groundbreaking application of mass timber-CFS hybrid construction in an urban setting. Participants will gain insights into the design considerations, construction sequencing, benefits, and challenges associated with this hybrid structural system.
Register- Location:
- Online
- Date/Time:
- July 9, 2025 | 1:00pm-2:00pm ET
- Credits:
- Attendees can earn 1.0 AIA/CES HSW LUs, 1.0 PDH credit or 0.10 ICC credit
Speakers
Bryan P. Maltais, P.E. | McNamara • Salvia Structural Engineers
Bryan Maltais has nearly 20 years of engineering experience, working with every building material across various markets and project complexities. He applies his passion for mass timber and creative problem solving to leading wood engineering initiatives at McNamara ▪ Salvia, managing in-house research and design aids, and bringing outside-the-box thinking to help implement mass timber into clients’ visions. This work goes to the heart of what drives Bryan to engineer—solving problems and leaving the world better than he found it. With a family history in forestry, logging, and tree work, Bryan finds it specifically rewarding to utilize his engineering background to foster a healthy forestry industry.
Hercend Mpidi Bita, Ph.D. P.Eng. P.E. | Timber Engineering Inc.
Hercend is a Principal at Timber Engineering Inc. and an expert in timber engineering and connection detailing for mass timber buildings, including performance under seismic loads and disproportionate collapse prevention designs. After completing his Ph.D. in timber engineering, he held a post-doctoral position at The University of British Columbia (UNBC). Hercend then joined Katerra, where he worked on the development of novel building components and structural systems for mid-rise and tall mass timber buildings and large mass timber warehouses and led the design of numerous mass timber industrial, commercial, institutional, and residential projects in both Canada and U.S. Hercend has numerous publications in international journals and book chapters, and structural reports on novel structural design and detailing for mass timber under abnormal and extreme loadings.
