Mass Timber Market Updates - August 2023 - Week Thirtyfour

Get ready to unlock the marvels of mass timber construction as we journey around the globe from Kansas City's eco-friendly airport terminal to Ontario's first Mass Timber Net Zero institutional building. Gain insights into a treasure trove of revolutionary designs and projects, including an innovative undertaking in Cincinnati and the groundbreaking Gensburg Center for Quantum Precision Measurement in California. 

Intriguing, right? That's not all! We reveal the ingenious hybrid design approach by global architectural firm, Arcadis. Aptly named 'Retreat', this prototype marries mass timber and concrete in a harmony of sustainability and practicality. We also take you to the topping off ceremony of Limba Lost Place at George Brown University and disclose an ambitious plan for a 17-story residential building in Texas. Join me, Paul Kremer, on this captivating journey through the realm of mass timber construction. Don't forget to hit that subscribe button and let's connect on LinkedIn to share your thoughts on these groundbreaking advancements.

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Construction Podcast.
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Good morning, good afternoonall, good evening wherever
you're on the world today.
Welcome to the Mass TimberConstruction Podcast.
My name's Paul Cramer, yourhost, and I'll be taking you
through the wonderful world ofMass Timber for another week.
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Let's have a look at what'smaking news around the world

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this week.
In Mass Timber Construction Land, in one of the standout
features of the recentlyconstructed terminal at
Missouri's Kansas CityInternational Airport, kci, is
the giant timber clad canopy, ahemlock ceiling with generous
overhang serving as a symbol forthe terminal's emphasis on

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sustainability.
According to Skidmore, owensand Merrill architects, the KCI
Airport stands as the firstleadership in energy and
environmental design, or LEEDversion 4, gold business design
and construction, bd&c newconstruction terminal concourse
project in the Midwest US andthe second in the country

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Operating solely on electricity.
The terminal has plans for atransition to renewable energy
by constructing a solar farm.
The extensive use of localmaterials, wood finishes
certified by the FSC ForestStewardship Council, underscores
the commitment forsustainability master plan for
incorporating comprehensiveenergy conservation strategies

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and natural renewable resourcesin the construction project.
Congratulations to everyone onthis impressive build.
If you'd like to see images,please head to the Mass Timber
Construction Journal LinkedInfeed.
Ontario's first Mass Timber NetZero institutional building
marks its milestone as it getscloser to completion.
Limba Lost Place at GeorgeBrown University or college has

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been in the Mass Timber Net Zeroemissions race to get to a
point where it has a practicalcompletion and the final wood
and steel beams are beinginstalled in the 10 story
building located on the campus'swaterfront centre in Toronto's
East Bayfront Community.

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To celebrate the topping offmilestone, a beam signed by the
project partners and trades inthe workforce for the building
was lifted on top of thebuilding and if you go to our
LinkedIn feed you'll be able tosee the topping out ceremony
there.
Staying in North America andCanada and Skanska and
Cincinnati Public Radio brokeground on Tuesday, just a week

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ago, on the new headquarters,which will be finished will
become one of the first two massstory timber buildings in the
Midwest and will have the firstof any size in Cincinnati,
according to the ConstructionDrive article, set for
completion in the winter of 2024.
The 32 million 35,000 squarefoot building will include two

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on-air studios, two interviewstudios, one performance studio,
an office space and a publicgathering area.
The project will use CLT fromSkanska and the whole building
and column and beam structure.
Second floor roof and interiorwill be using mass timber
constructed products.
Fantastic to see the project.

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If you'd like to see theinformation on this particular
project, go to our mass timberconstruction journal, linked in
feed, to see photos.
And a new approach to masstimber and concrete hybrid
design has been brought forwardin a prototype form by global
architect firm Arcadis.
It's called Retreat, which isproposed to be a yet announced

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client in Texas A 17 storybuilding with 12 residential
floors above five story podiumcontaining parking and street
level retail access.
Retreat's objective is not onlyto achieve a carbon footprint
reduction by approximately 45%,however, is also to be
economical, feasible and use amaterials selected in a manner

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that will support the design inaccordance with the regulations
outlined in 2024 internationalbuilding code.
Congratulations to the teamArcadis.
It's going to be a greatproject in Texas.
We look forward to theannouncement coming out very,
very soon and details have comeout of California for the
Caltech groundbreaking ceremonyfor the HOK designed Gensburg

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Center for Quantum PrecisionMeasurement in Pasadena in
California.
The project scheduled to becompleted in 2025 and it is one
of the world's most advancedhubs for studying quantum
science and technology usingmass timber construction.
If you'd like to go and see someimages of this, please head to
our mass timber constructionjournal LinkedIn feed and we've

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got all the details there foryou.
So that's it, folks.
That's what's making newsaround the world this week.
Most of that is in the US andNorth America and Canada, and if
you have any news or updatesthat you'd like to share with us
, please do hit us up at masstimber construction journal
LinkedIn feed, send me a messagethere or through our academic

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Have a great week.
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