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Good morning , good afternoon or good evening , wherever you are in the world today , welcome to the Mass Timber Construction Podcast . My name is Paul Kramer , your host . Welcome to another exciting episode of Mass Timber News from around the world .
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Let's have a look at what's making news around the world this week in Mass Timber Construction land , and first up to the USA and Miami , and Dezeen can exclusively reveal the first photos of the deco-informed Apple Miami World Center , the first Apple store with extensive use of Mass Timber Construction , which opened just recently , on a Friday .
Designed by Apple's in-house team , the Apple Miami World Center occupies a standalone pavilion that continues the aesthetic of the previous Apple stores , while nodding to the Art Deco architecture of Miami , the building was inspired by softer , undulating surfaces and the articulation of the local Art Deco architecture to create a lighter , more dynamic result .
According to the Apple retail design , bj Siegel , which talked to design In designing the Apple Miami World Center , they paid particular attention to play on the light and the shadow of all surfaces in the pavilion .
And if you want to see these impressive photos of the Apple store store , which uses mass timber construction extensively throughout the pavilion , head to our LinkedIn feed and good friends to the show , the podcast and anything social media related to mass timber construction .
Swinerton was ranked as Hawaii's fifth largest contractor by Pacific Business News and the company has been operating in Maui for over 60 years .
According to the media release that we've got , they have now opened a permanent office in Maui and can better support clients and the team down there , delivering general contracting and construction services within the aviation , hospitality , industrial , retail and luxury markets .
If you'd like to read more about this , you could head to Swinerton's website or you could head to our LinkedIn feed and read about Swinerton's opening of the Maui office . And the US Army continues to test mass timber cross-laminated timber shelters and has now tested a facility that can withstand a one in 250 year earthquake .
You may recall we originally spoke about this testing back in november 2024 , while the army has now looked at using thermally modified coastal western hemlock as part of their seismic testing regime , and the report says that this shelter withstood the shaking of a very significant earthquake .
More details can be found on our linkedin feed , but the testing by the us army engineer research and development center , in conjunction with a whole lot of other people that are associated with the project , said the 600 foot shelter marks the first assembled CLT what they call a bee hut shelter , designed to house troops in temporary or semi-permanent cases , and the
testing went extremely well for the bee hut . So if you'd like to see some more , you can see some images and read the full article on our LinkedIn feed . Full article on our LinkedIn feed . We've recently come into some images of the parking garage done by Herman and Bosch Architects , which is a multi-story oval car park in Germany .
The prefabricated CLT ceilings with glue laminated supports the on-site stand of a traditional concrete and steel garage and has been replaced with a mass timber version . The north face is clad with soundproof glass to shield noise from the neighboring residential areas On the south side of the ground .
It's landscaped beautifully , with 350 column free parking spaces , storage facilities for 150 bikes , a green roof , photovoltaic system generating renewable energy for 20 electric cars , 20 electric e-bikes . This is an impressive undertaking . If you'd like to see some images of the in construction and the finished concept design , please head to our LinkedIn feed .
And that's it , folks . That's all we've got time for this week in mass timber construction land . It's a short week this week . The news is coming through at a very slow rate at the moment , but we will see that ramp up during the year . Don't forget to get your tickets for the International Mass Timber Conference .
Don't forget to listen to the episode with Arnie on just this last week to hear about what's happening there . Make sure you book your flights , flights , accommodation and get on those tours .
The tours are nearly finished for , and nearly full for , the March event in Portland , oregon in the United States , and we look forward to catching up with you very , very soon on the podcast . Don't forget to put your manuscript in for the Mass Timber Construction Journal , research Division , and we look forward to bringing you more news next week .
Good morning , good afternoon or good evening , wherever you are in the world today . This is Paul Kramer signing off on the Mass Timber Construction Podcast . Thank you , bye .