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Mass Timber Construction Podcast

Mass Timber Construction is sweeping the planet. In a world first, the podcast brings to you the latest mass timber construction news from around the globe each week. Special guest episodes with members of the global AEC community are frequently. Sit back, relax and enjoy some refreshing content.
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Mass Timber Construction Podcast Special Guest - Sam Leslie - New Zealand GLT and Timber Fabrication

Since 1958, TimberLab Solutions have been producing a full range of Glulam options, as well as fabricated LVL structural solutions, in compliance with the strict requirements of internationally recognised codes and standards. They have specialised plant and equipment have been developed to enable the efficient production of high quality timber engineered solutions. The Company’s two 5-Axis CNC Processing Centres mean we are able to offer specialist detailing and extremely efficient processing an...

Sep 15, 202147 minSeason 1Ep. 58

Mass Timber Market Updates - Sept 2021 - Week Thirtysix

In this weeks episode, the first Rothoblaas srl ROTHOTALK took place in 2020: the topics addressed were related to structural design of timber buildings. The event was a great success and this year we decided to replicate it with a focus on acoustics. Ahead of its 60th anniversary, Toronto Montessori School unveils a new Bayview campus lobby and atrium, designed to encapsulate nature using wood structural elements and natural light to welcome students, teachers, staff, and parents. In order to r...

Sep 12, 20218 minSeason 1Ep. 57

Mass Timber Market Updates - Sept 2021 - Week Thirtyfive

In this weeks episode, we update the City of Geelong Civic Precinct. The building levels are shaping up well, with Top Knot Carpentry & Joinery continuing to work their way up over the next 5 weeks with the same momentum. Site photos thanks to Top Knot Carpentry & Joinery on the Mass Timber Construction Journal LinkedIn feed. The The University of British Columbia transit shelter was completed back in 2013 and incorporates a visual balance between random and regular patterns that one fin...

Sep 05, 20218 minSeason 1Ep. 56

Mass Timber Market Updates - Aug 2021 - Week Thirtyfour

In this episode, we are looking for foundation members, consider submitting an EOI here https://www.iamtc.org/membership/expression-of-interest/ The high-rise would be by far the Third Ward's tallest building. The historic neighborhood mainly features mid-rise former industrial buildings, constructed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, that have been converted into offices, housing and retail space. The 41,000-square-foot building is going up on farm field, miles away from the university’...

Aug 29, 20216 minSeason 1Ep. 55

Mass Timber Construction Podcast Special Guest - Team ESTEEM - Mass Timber Houses

In this episode, I speak with Ellie and Jairis from team ESTEEM. Ellie Witton who is the head of structural engineering sub-team with Team ESTEEM, Heriot-Watt University’s entry to the Solar Decathlon Middle East competition. Been involved in the project for over 2 years and has a niche interest in Mass Timber, specifically Cross Laminated Timber, basing her research on the Viability of Using Scottish Homegrown Timber in CLT. Jairis Alvarez is currently studying MEng, Architectural Engineering a...

Aug 25, 202133 minSeason 1Ep. 53

Mass Timber Market Updates - Aug 2021 - Week Thirtythree

In this weeks episode, Steeltech Industries release a rare photo the construction of Asia largest timber building, where Steeltech Industries is constructing. With the use of Mass Engineered Timber (MET), we have substantially reduced the amount of concrete required, hence avoiding more than 2,600 tonnes of CO2 emission in the concrete production process. Mass Timber Construction Journal founder/editor-in-chief, podcast host and global mass timber industry expert, Paul Kremer, has been appointed...

Aug 22, 20216 minSeason 1Ep. 54

Mass Timber Market Updates - Aug 2021 - Week Thirtytwo

In this weeks episode, we launch the International Association for Mass Timber Construction recently launched onto the global stage. The association aims to promote and deliver value to its members and associated stakeholders through an all-encompassing approach to advocacy, thought-leadership, and development for the architecture, engineering, construction, manufacturing sectors, providing education, training/teaching and research in establishing a global mass timber construction sector across ...

Aug 15, 20218 minSeason 1Ep. 51

Mass Timber Construction Podcast Special Guest - Tamika Smith - Women in Construction

In this very special guest episode about women in construction, I talk to Tamika Smith who is the founder and director of Top 100 Women, who’s made it her mission to build up women in the construction industry. Top 100 Women supports women entering the industry, and gives them the support they need to build long and meaningful careers. Now people from the industry are flocking to Top 100 Women, to get the expertise and advice that can help them retain the women in their workforce. “We know the r...

Aug 11, 202128 minSeason 1Ep. 50

Mass Timber Market Updates - August 2021 - Week Thirtyone

In the Mass Timber Construction Podcast weekly updater, this week! Mercer International Inc. announced they have acquired the Katerra CLT factory in Spokane, Washington for $50 million. T3 Diagonal Mar is the first fully wooden building of its kind to be constructed by Henderson Park and Hines in Europe and is part of Hines’ innovative “T3” family of buildings. The new Elephant Park building would align perfectly with the health, wellbeing and environmental priorities being set by today’s most f...

Aug 08, 20217 minSeason 1Ep. 49

Mass Timber Market Updates - Aug 2022 - Week Thirty

In this weeks episode, we discuss the projects of the week around mass timber construction land. Enjoy. Production by Deeelicious Beats Music "Game Play" by Quality Quest Podcast is a Mass Timber Construction Journal Production www.masstimberconstruction.com Sponsors of the Podcast: Rothoblaas Rothoblaas is an Italian multinational with its roots in the Alpine region; a leading developer and provider of high technology solutions for all those involved in the construction with wood sector. Always...

Aug 01, 20215 minSeason 2Ep. 117

Mass Timber Market Updates - July 2021 - Week Twentynine

In this weeks updater, the Forest Green Rovers in western England plans to build the world’s first modern football stadium, almost entirely using wood, one of the oldest materials in construction. The elementary school provides an ideal educational facility for modern pedagogic approaches. It is an uncompromising example of cluster design offering a flexible and nurturing learning environment. Australian Fire Ratings Whitepaper: Download this whitepaper to learn how a thorough understanding of f...

Jul 25, 20218 minSeason 1Ep. 48

Mass Timber Construction Podcast Special Guest - Kevin Hill - Singapore Mass Engineered Timber and the DNA of Timber Chain of Custody

In this very special guest episode, I speak with Kevin Hill the founder of Venturer. Kevin has completed over 100 construction projects in markets all over the globe using sustainably sourced timber from forests on every continent. From humble beginnings building a heavy timber frame at the Singapore Botanic Garden, to the challenge of completing the world-famous deck at Marina Bay Sand's Skypark, Venturer continues to grow from a traditional timber framer and modular decking specialist into a B...

Jul 21, 202145 minSeason 1Ep. 47

Mass Timber Market Updates - July 2021 - Week Twentyeight

In news this week episode, Södra’s second production facility for cross-laminated timber is scheduled for completion by mid-2022. The facility will be able to deliver framing materials for 4,000 homes per year, which is ten times the current output of Södra’s existing facility at Värö. Three engineered timber office towers worth $173 million have been approved for a site in Sydney’s Lower North Shore. The eight, 12- and 18-storey towers proposed by Arrow Capital Partners and designed by Fitzpatr...

Jul 18, 20215 minSeason 1Ep. 46

Mass Timber Market Updates - July 2021 - Week Twentyseven

In this weeks episode, SmartLam North America is growing. Stephen Tolnai and Derek Ratchford are changing the future of SmartLam. The Catalonia region in Spain is one of the most forested areas in Europe with about 60% of its surface being tree-covered, a surprising fact is that it has more woods than Switzerland. A pioneering investment has recently been initiated by Mosser Leimholz GmbH and the order for a complete cross-laminated timber production line was placed with Ledinek. Send us a text ...

Jul 12, 20215 minSeason 1Ep. 45

Mass Timber Market Updates - July 2021 - Week Twentysix

Happy Fourth of July to all our United States listeners. In the podcast this week. Sweden's largest wooden parking garage. Will there be room for just over 600 cars (18,000m2). The parking garage has high sustainability ambitions and a role model for future projects. As part of westbank’s sweeping campus transformation of san jose, james k.m. cheng architects unveils its‘orchard’ residences. Together with the residential project, the ‘orchard’ will span two distinct buildings including an accomp...

Jul 05, 20218 minSeason 1Ep. 44

Mass Timber Construction Podcast Special Guest - Chris Skeels-Piggins - Hardwood Mass Timber Solutions

In this special guest episode I talk with CLTP Tasmania CEO Chris Skeels-Piggins about the launch of Cusp Building Solutions. Using CLTP's products, Cusp will operate essentially as the marketing branch of the organisation. To kick things off, they're highlighting their "world-first" hardwood Cross Laminated Timber for the structural timber market. Cusp hardwood CLT is made from Tasmanian Plantation Oak (Eucalyptus Nitens), sourced from certified sustainable plantations around the state. CLTP is...

Jun 30, 202143 minSeason 1Ep. 43

Mass Timber Market Updates - June 2021 - Week Twentyfive

In this weeks mass timber construction update. The launch of the new $110m Auckland City Mission HQ being finished, tallest NZ wood building. Bates Smart’s 25 King Street Building, located in the Brisbane Showgrounds, has been named the Best Tall Building Under 100 Metres by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH). The honour, awarded at an international level, recognises the best tall buildings around the world. Glued laminated timber beams spanning 42 metres in length have been...

Jun 27, 20217 minSeason 1Ep. 42

Mass Timber Market Updates - Jun 2021 - Week Twentyfour

In this week's update, the covers have now come down to reveal the true beauty of the design and construct by Gardner Vaughan Group using the elegant combination of black and gold on the exterior. A recent report produced by the federal government, The State of the Mass Timber Industry in Canada (SMTC) in 2021, displays through an interactive map close to 500 under construction or completed mass timber projects from 2007 to 2019 for a total of 16 million square feet. The heavy timber pieces are ...

Jun 21, 20217 minSeason 1Ep. 41

Mass Timber Construction Podcast Special Guest - Simon Topliss - Mass Timber Transforming our University Sector

A globally-experienced, registered architect, Simon Topliss is a Principal at Warren and Mahoney Architects after 10 years at Jackson Clements Burrows (JCB), where he was an Associate Director for the last four years. Prior to JCB, the architect collaborated with Peter Elliot, following a long stint in London. In this special guest episode I discuss several notable projects in the university sector that have a significant and profound impact on the mass timber movement in Australia and New Zeala...

Jun 17, 202140 minSeason 1Ep. 40

Mass Timber Market Updates - May 2021 - Week Twentythree

In the weekly update, Construction startup Katerra has told employees it plans to shut down, people familiar with the matter said, marking the collapse of the SoftBank-backed company that had raised more than $2 billion to slash the cost of building apartments. Katerra is expected to let go of thousands of employees and is likely to walk away from dozens of construction projects it had agreed to build. Michael Green said, I was hopeful that Katerra could provide a path, though certainly not perf...

Jun 10, 20216 minSeason 1Ep. 39

Mass Timber Construction Podcast Special Guest - Clément Quineau - France's Sustainable Building

In this very special guest episode, I speak with Clément Quineau who is the Technical Affairs Manager at Union des Industriels et Constructeurs Bois (UICB). The UICB promotes wood material and other bio-based materials. The UICB contributes to the development of markets for wood construction, the training of employees and the attractiveness of trades in the sector. It provides technical, legal, economic and social support to its members, by monitoring regulations and standards. It represents the...

Jun 08, 202137 minSeason 1Ep. 38

Mass Timber Market Updates - May 2021 - Week Twentytwo

In the weekly updater, the world's best timber construction video. Let us know what you think. For more by Tomorrow’s Build. The U of A Community Design Center, working in collaboration with the U of A Resiliency Center, has been awarded a 2021 Green Good Design Award for Green Research/Technology by the European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum for Architecture and Design. Due to its specific characteristics, the architecture of the sauna is...

May 30, 20216 minSeason 1Ep. 37

Mass Timber Market Updates - May 2021 - Week Twentyone

In this weeks mass timber construction updater, I talk about welded wood, where researchers from TMI Ltd and the University of Cambridge's Construction Innovation Lab developed "a sustainable process to rapidly join timber elements using linear friction welding." Margulies Perruzzi, one of New England's most innovative architectural and interior design firms, announced today that it has completed renovations and a two-story addition at 69 A Street in South Boston. The new Atlassian HQ in Sydney ...

May 23, 20219 minSeason 1Ep. 36

Mass Timber Market Updates - May 2021 - Week Twenty

In this episode, Seattle-based Green Canopy says it's developing the city's first mass timber modular townhouse project. France’s first foldable house is under construction and will take less than two weeks to complete from start to finish. The timber industry is calling for embodied carbon to be regulated in response to the Environmental Audit Committee’s (EAC) recent inquiry into the sustainability of the built environment. Estonian design and engineering firm Kodasema is getting traction with...

May 16, 20218 minSeason 1Ep. 36

Mass Timber Construction Podcast Special Guest - Rensteph Thompson - Free-form GLT

In this episode I speak with Rensteph Thompson from Hess Timber. As a project specialist in the field of timber engineering, based in Kleinheubach Germany, has specialised in the development and execution of architecturally challenging projects and can refer to outstanding projects worldwide such as the Museum Foundation Louis Vuitton in Paris, the free-formed foyer of Bunjil Place in Casey, Australia, or the wooden sphere Steinberg in Germany, which with a diameter of 50 metres, is the largest ...

May 12, 202134 minSeason 1Ep. 35

Mass Timber Market Update - May 2021 - Week Nineteen

In this episode, Happy Mother's Day! I hope you had a fantastic day. Homag Group further expands its activities in the solid wood sector with the acquisition of a majority interest in the Danish mechanical engineering company Kallesoe Machinery A/S. Homag is acquiring a good 70% of the shares in Kallesoe Machinery A/S from the Christensen family, with the residual approximately 30% remaining with the Kallesoe family. The purchase price is in the low double-digit million-Euro range. A new image o...

May 09, 20217 minSeason 1Ep. 34

Mass Timber Market Updates - Apr 2021 - Week Eighteen

In mass timber construction news from around the world this week, Niko Fuss posted on the CLT Swimming Pool! An amazing invention, not sure if it was by luck, or misfortune! Australia's tallest engineered timber office building in #Australia , 25 King has scooped up the UDIA National award for #Environmental Excellence. BC Housing is looking to mass timber as a potential way of cutting greenhouse gas emissions when building affordable housing. Build back better” - that was the exhortation from t...

May 02, 20218 minSeason 1Ep. 33

Mass Timber Construction Podcast Special Guest - Salla (Palos) Eckhardt - Microsoft

Salla (Palos) Eckhardt is the Director of Transformation Services with Microsoft, serving as the chair of the US National BIM Program Steering Committee and has a wealth of knowledge about BIM and the digital integration into the construction process. In this episode of the podcast Salla and I talk about the digital overlay for mass timber construction and the efficiencies that can be gained. We talk about digital twins, lifecycle analysis and the purpose of driving a digital agenda for the cons...

Apr 29, 202124 minSeason 1Ep. 32

Mass Timber Market Updates - Apr 2021 - Week Seventeen

In this week's mass timber construction news updater, a 50m-tall building made entirely of wood is capturing international attention for its innovative design and green credentials—and construction hasn't yet begun. SAWA will be Rotterdam’s first timber tower and is being touted as the Netherlands’ “healthiest building”. April 22nd is Earth Day, an annual event that promotes environmental awareness throughout the world. France’s wood sector has welcomed the government’s move to update a strategi...

Apr 25, 20218 minSeason 1Ep. 31

Mass Timber Construction Podcast Special Guest - Jennifer Cover - WoodWorks

In this episode I speak with Jennifer Cover of WoodWorks. WoodWorks provides education and free technical support related to the design, engineering and construction of commercial and multi-family wood buildings in the U.S. A non-profit staffed with architects, structural engineers and construction experts, we have the expertise to assist with all aspects of wood building design, including: allowable heights and areas/construction types, structural detailing of wood and hybrid systems, fire resi...

Apr 21, 202138 minSeason 1Ep. 30
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