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Lakeridge Middle School Tour: A Firsthand Look at Mass Timber Construction

Lakeridge Middle School 4700 Jean Road, Lake Oswego, OR, United States

August 16, 2024 - Regional In-Person Tour (Lake Oswego, OR) This unique educational event will provide an in-depth look at Lakeridge Middle School, a new timber-framed public-school building for Lake Oswego School District, in Oregon. Attendees will tour the site with members of the project team and are encouraged to ask questions and discuss details of the project during the tour.

Designing and Building Mass Timber Schools

August 20, 2024 - Regional Online Event (AK, ID, HI, OR, WA) This presentation will address critical early decisions that impact cost efficiency and project success, including construction types, fire ratings, column grids, beam and panel spans, acoustics, and MEP integration.

Mass Timber: Developers & Early Design Decisions + The Ecology School Tour

The Ecology School at River Bend Farm 184 Simpson Road, Saco, ME, United States

August 22, 2024 - Regional In-Person Seminar + Tour (Saco, ME) 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. Developers/owners, architects, engineers and builders will all learn how mass timber can create value. A tour of The Ecology School will follow the seminar.

Celebrating Women in Wood Design & Construction: Keynote & Networking Event

SF LGBT Center 1800 Market Street, 202 - Rainbow Room, San Francisco, CA, United States

August 22, 2024 - Regional In-Person Event (San Francisco, CA) Join WoodWorks and Regional Director Chelsea Drenick, SE, for the third annual networking event celebrating women who are driving innovation in wood projects in the Bay Area.

DL Cohen Factory Tour & Panelized Light-Frame Construction Site Visit

DL Cohen Construction Company 7825 Lavaun Drive, Littleton, CO, United States

August 26, 2024 - Regional In-Person Tour ( Littleton, CO) Attendees will tour the facility with DL Cohen’s employees, who will share insights about the design, detailing, and construction techniques utilized to fabricate the facility’s panelized walls and trusses.

Designing & Building with Mass Timber + Redmond Center Tour

Redmond Senior & Community Center 8703 160th Avenue Northeast, Red Oak Community Room 139, Redmond, WA, United States

August 27, 2024 - Regional In-Person Seminar + Tour (Redmond, WA) This presentation seeks to build on this openness and environment of shared learning, providing an overview of mass timber products, planning, design and implementation to maximize the benefits these buildings can deliver. Attendees will then tour the site with members of the project team, who will share strategies for successful, code-compliant mass timber projects.

Mass Timber: The Case for Developers & Early Design Decisions

August 27, 2024 - Regional Online Seminar (MA, CT, ME, NH, RI, VT) 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. Developers/owners, architects, engineers and builders will all learn how mass timber can create value.

Mass Timber Sustainability: Making a Case for Developers and Owners

Hotel Magdalena 1101 Music Lane, Austin, TX, United States

August 27, 2024 - Regional In-Person Seminar (Austin, TX) Would you like to pitch sustainable mass timber to a client? This presentation will provide an overview of the WoodWorks’ Mass Timber Business Case Study series, written for the developer/owner/investor audience. This course also takes a brief look at the use of wood products in construction and their ability to store carbon long term.

Mass Timber Sustainability: Making a Case for Developers and Owners

August 29, 2024 - Regional Online Seminar (TX) Would you like to pitch sustainable mass timber to a client? This presentation will provide an overview of the WoodWorks’ Mass Timber Business Case Study series, written for the developer/owner/investor audience. This course also takes a brief look at the use of wood products in construction and their ability to store carbon long term.

The Fine Print of Wood Design: Commonly Overlooked Code Provisions

September 11, 2024 - National Online Event. This webinar will focus on commonly missed items—some of which can provide a more efficient design, and others which are critical to ensuring adequate structural performance. We will cover tips on how and when these provisions apply and show design examples to demonstrate their impact on the design.

Advancing Mass Timber Construction 2024

Hilton BNA Nashville Airport Terminal 2 Terminal Drive, Nashville, TN, United States

September 23-25, 2024 - Regional In-Person Event (Nashville, TN) Join WoodWorks and 30+ expert speakers to learn about the latest developments in mass timber, including building codes, structural systems, best practices for project delivery, and manufacturing capacity.

Building with Wood: Nature’s Climate Solution

AIA New York Center for Architecture 536 LaGuardia Place, Room 532, New York, NY, United States

September 24, 2024 - Regional In-Person Event (New York, NY) Save the date for AWC & WoodWork's inaugural NYC Climate Week event featuring an expert panel and discussions on how wood products, forestry and the built environment offer sustainable solutions to the climate crisis.

Building Tours: Mass Timber Innovation at the University of Arkansas

University of Arkansas University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, United States

September 26, 2024 - Regional In-Person Tour (Fayetteville, AR) This event will offer a unique behind the scenes look at two cutting-edge mass timber buildings on the University of Arkansas campus. Attendees will tour both buildings with project team members.

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Building with Wood: Sustainable Forestry, Biophilic Design & Carbon Impact

Long Beach Public Library, Billie Jean King Main Library 200 West Broadway, Community Room A, First floor, Long Beach, CA, United States

October 1, 2024 - Regional In-Person Event (Long Beach, CA) This course examines the use of mass timber in construction and the positive environmental benefits it can bring to a project, with case studies illustrating wood’s impact on sustainability outcomes.

Brookhaven City Hall Site Tour: A Firsthand Look @ Mass Timber Construction

Terra Terroir 3974 Peachtree Road, Atlanta, GA, United States

October 3, 2024 - Regional In-Person Tour (Brookhaven, GA) Join Laura Cullen as she leads a tour of the new Brookhaven City Hall. The four-story building includes an atrium, retail, restaurant, an event space with a catering kitchen, and a rooftop terrace.

Early Design Decisions: Priming Mass Timber Projects for Success

Maggiano's Little Italy 1201 Filbert Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

October 8, 2024 - Regional In-Person Seminar (Philadelphia, PA) 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. 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.

Demystifying Timber Construction Types

Burwell Center for Career Advacement 2190 East Asbury Avenue, Denver, CO, United States

October 8, 2024 - Regional In-Person Seminar (Denver, CO) This presentation will cover some of the design considerations associated with mid-rise wood-frame buildings and focuses on mid-rise mass timber construction, highlighting examples in the five- to eight-story range—including office, mixed-use, and multi-family projects.

Mass Timber Gravity Connection Design and Detailing

October 9, 2024 - National Online Event. This webinar focuses on the critical role that gravity-loaded connections play in the success of a mass timber project, emphasizing their importance in ensuring structural integrity, meeting aesthetic goals, and complying with design codes.

Demystifying Timber Construction Types

October 10, 2024 - Regional Online Seminar (CO, MT, NE, ND, SD, WY) This presentation will cover some of the design considerations associated with mid-rise wood-frame buildings and focuses on mid-rise mass timber construction, highlighting examples in the five- to eight-story range—including office, mixed-use, and multi-family projects

Early Design Decisions: Priming Mass Timber Projects for Success

October 10, 2024 - Regional Online Seminar (PA, NJ) 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. 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.

Taking on Climate Change and Affordable Housing with Mass Timber

Boston University 665 Commonwealth Avenue, Center for Computing & Data Sciences, Boston, MA, United States

October 22, 2024 - Regional In-Person Workshop (Boston, MA) New England Forestry Foundation (NEFF) and its partners are hosting the first in a series of workshops aimed at growing the market for climate-smart forest products and connecting with efforts to incentivize climate-smart forest management across our region.

Designing and Building with Mass Timber + T3 Wedgewood-Houston Tour

T3 Wedgewood-Houston 1234 Martin Street, Nashville, TN, United States

October 22, 2024 - Regional In-Person Tour (Nashville, TN) Earn CEUs and tour a seven-story mass timber building providing creative office space and ground-floor retail in Nashville. The seminar will build on the environment of shared learning in the mass timber community, providing an overview of everything from available products to the planning, design, and implementation methods across disciplines that maximize the benefits these buildings can deliver.

Frame it Right: The Basics and Beyond for Light-frame Construction

Southwest Mountain States Regional Council of Carpenters Buena Park Training Center 7111 Firestone Boulevard, Classroom 2, Buena Park, CA, United States

October 30, 2024 - Regional In-Person Seminar (Buena Park, CA) This presentation will focus on the most common detailing issues and areas of misunderstanding related to exterior walls and their intersection with rated floor assemblies, along with detailing for elevator, stair, and mechanical shafts.

Designing and Building with Mass Timber: Design, Planning and Performance

October 30, 2024 - Regional Online Seminar (NC, SC, TN) This presentation will build on the environment of shared learning in the mass timber community, providing an overview of everything from available products to the planning, design, and implementation methods across disciplines that maximize the benefits these buildings can deliver.

Mass Timber +

Pennsylvania Convention Center 1101 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

November 12-14, 2024 – Regional In-Person Event (Philadelphia, PA) Co-produced by WoodWorks & Forest Economic Advisors, Mass Timber+ at Greenbuild is where wood-based offsite construction’s suppliers, buyers and specifiers meet to explore opportunities, exchange ideas and introduce technologies to move this industry forward.

Type III Fire-Resistant Design & Detailing for Exterior Walls, Shafts

November 12, 2024 - Regional Online Event (KS, AR, MO, OK) This presentation will focus on common detailing issues and areas of misunderstanding related to exterior walls and their intersection with rated floor assemblies, followed by discussion of detailing code requirements, code compliance, and rationale for approval with an emphasis on constructability and practicality.

Early Design Decisions: Priming Mass Timber Projects for Success

Monday Night Brewing - Social Club 14 12th Street South, Birmingham, AL, United States

November 13, 2024 - Regional In-Person Event (Birmingham, AL) 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.

Priming Mass Timber Projects for Success + Star Lofts Tour

Star Lofts 2701 Ingersoll Ave, Des Moines, IA, United States

November 15, 2024 - Regional In-Person Tour (Des Moines, IA) 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. After the seminar, join us for a tour of Star Lofts hosted by Scott and Mary Cutler.