Meta and Microsoft Latest Mass Timber Converts

The two giant tech companies better known for software than hard timber are using the material for new data centers. For massive technology companies like Meta (many of us still call it Facebook) and Microsoft, it’s usually all about bits and bytes but each of these two giants is now using mass timber construction technology […]

Check Out Seattle’s Zoo for the Newest Use of Mass Plywood

A new 12,000-square-foot pavilion in the Woodland Park Zoo in Washington State is nearing completion. A new trailhead in the more-than-100-year-old zoo leading to the mass plywood pavilion is being finished up, the latest use of this new construction method using engineered wood. “Designed to be one of the most innovative mass plywood pavilions, the […]

USDA Upping Its Mass Timber Investments

As the soft housing market in the U.S. is impacting the mass timber movement, the Forest Service is stepping in to help. “Mass timber and CLT have been priorities for creating new markets for wood products,” said Brian Brashaw, assistant director of the Wood Innovations Program for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service. “Since […]

Mass Timber’s Latest Benefit: It’s Antimicrobial

In addition to all the pluses of mass timber construction a new study finds it also is better when it comes to containing germs. The old cliché that wood construction was not hygienic, especially for structures in the healthcare field, is about to get turned upside down. New research coming out of the University of […]

New York City Gets Its First Completed Mass Timber Structure

Much of the rest of the country has been into mass timber for years but now the nation’s largest city is in the game too. It took the 2022 New York City Building Code to formally recognize CLT (cross-laminated timber) as a permitted building material but now a five-story apartment building in the Clinton Hill […]

Teddy Roosevelt Riding into the Mass Timber Movement

The new Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in North Dakota is the latest mass timber structure – fitting for a man who loved nature. He was the driving force behind the creation of the National Parks Department so it seems only fitting that his library, now under construction in Medora, ND, use mass timber construction. Set to […]

Apple Joins the Mass Timber Movement

The consumer electronics company, well known for its design aesthetic, is the latest convert to the use of mass timber construction. The brand’s new Miami Worldcenter store, which opened earlier this year, represents its first use of mass timber construction. Designed by its in-house team, the free-standing pavilion in downtown Miami features extensive use of […]

Mass Timber Support Bill Pushed in U.S. Senate

The Mass Timber Federal Buildings Act, which has bipartisan support, promotes the use of mass timber in U.S. construction. The renewed effort to pass the legislation originally introduced last year is led by Oregon Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley and Idaho Republican Senator James Risch and supports efforts to promote the use of mass timber in […]

Figuring Out the Carbon Footprint of Mass Timber Structures Just Got Easier

For builders working with mass timber, a new tool helps to find out exactly how much carbon these structures are emitting. Developed for the new Portland, OR airport terminal that features an innovative use of mass timber, the University of Washington’s Applied Research Consortium’s new tool called UpStream solves a big question for builders. “We […]

SCM Confirms Partnership with Timberlab

U.S. timber solutions company Timberlab is teaming up with SCM, the Italian machinery manufacturer. The collaboration includes the supply of special technologies for a new plant in Millersburg, OR, focused on Cross-Laminated Timber production. SCM will supply a new Celaschi XL profiling machine and double-end tenoner that can process panels over 18 meters long at […]