Mass Timber Market Updates - July 2023 - Week Twentynine

Ready to navigate the bustling world of Master Timber Construction? Strap in as we bring you the most captivating news from this dynamic industry, guaranteeing you'll be at the edge of your seat. This episode starts off with an exciting preview of the upcoming prefabAUS conference in Australia and the Master Timber Forum I will be leading. Prepare to be enthralled as we discuss a monumental six-story design project by Shugri Ban and ABMK for Ukraine's largest hospital. 

The fascination doesn't stop there as we shift our gaze to Wisconsin's first Master Timber development, the $25 million masterpiece known as "The Grain". We'll give you an insider's look into its progress and unique features. Adding to the mix is Moxon Architects' Pedestrian and Cycle Bridge in Germany, a beacon of design excellence and sustainability. As we near the end, we'll tackle the sale of Dr Johnson Wood Innovations' mass timber plant equipment and wrap up with a riveting report from the UK's House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee. This episode is a rollercoaster of insights and updates, setting the pace for everything Master Timber. Buckle up and let's get started!

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Episode Transcript

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Ladies and gentlemen, we are live.
This is the moment you all havebeen waiting for.
It's time for the globalsensation, the one the only, the

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oldest you've made it anywayPodcast in the world, the past
Timber construction podcast, andnow here's what's right around
your house.

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Good morning, good afternoon,all good evening.
We're here on the world today.
Welcome to the Master TimberConstruction Podcast.
My name is Paul Craming, yourhost, and I'll be taking you
through the news from around theworld in Master Timber
Construction Land for anotherweek.
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Let's have a look at what'smaking news around the world

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this week.
In Master Timber ConstructionLand, the soon to be housed
Prefab Oz conference, thenational conference here in
Australia, will be held atMelbourne Connect at Melbourne
University coming up in August,so if you have not booked your
tickets yet, please do go andhit the Prefab Oz website.
There is a Master TimberConstruction Forum, a Master

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Timber Forum which I head up,and so we will have guest
speakers on talking about MasterTimber at the Prefab Oz
conference.
So please head on down and makesure you get your tickets early
.
And Sugaruban and Ukraine basedstudio ABMK have created a six
story design for Ukraine'slargest hospital, and the

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building will be located in thecentral atrium area, containing
a reception area surrounded byopen wooden columns at that form
of rectangular block that isthe lattice facade and
pronounced timber canopy at theentrance.
The collaboration will deliverthe new surgical centre for the
existing emergency hospital andwill be able to treat more

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patients, obviously specificallyrelated to the war.
The purpose of the project isto increase the hospital's
capacity and address an urgentneed for additional space.
Congratulations to everybody onthat project.
If you want to see more, headto our LinkedIn feed and heading
to Wisconsin.
Now and the grain in the cityof Dullerfield is the first

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Master Timber Development at 705Genesee Street, and it's a $25
million development featuring atwo four story combination of
buildings which are underconstruction since about 2022,
and they're currently getting tothe point where the Master
Timber elements are beingdelivered to site and it's going

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to be an impressive project.
The grain will feature twobuildings of 60,000 square feet
of office space and 18,000square feet of retail and
restaurant space, with 125parking spots.
If you'd like to check out thebuilding, you can go to our
LinkedIn feed and see all thedetails on our page.
And creating quite interest onthe LinkedIn social media feed

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for us is the Moxon ArchitectsPedestrian and Cycle Bridge in
the town of Balangan in Germany.
The design is a collaborationwith the architect and an
engineer that specializes inbridges, and the footbridge
embodies the town's ambitiousdual commitment to design
excellence and sustainablefuture.

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So it's offering a sympatheticresponse to the natural river
setting and it was unveiled in2023 earlier this year and it is
an impressive site.
If you want to go and have alook, please join the many
people that are looking at thaton our LinkedIn feed social
media page.
And sad news this week the endof an era is.

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Dr Johnson Wood Innovations hasdecided to sell off all of its
mass timber cross laminatedtimber plant equipment.
On July 10 they began showingthe equipment, which includes a
press, a Hyundai Garcia and Cetc.
And it is a wonderful thing tosee the equipment still being

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offered into the marketplace sothat people can take an
opportunity to develop masstimber elements themselves.
And we would just like to saythank you, dr Johnson, for being
innovators in this space for along time and congratulations on
being such good leaders.
And finally, this week, comingout of the UK, the House of
Commons Environmental AuditCommittee has provided a seeing

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the wood for the trees thecontribution of forestry and
timber sectors to biodiversityand net zero goals.
This is the fifth report in theseason for 2022-23 and is
available in full on our masstimber construction journal
LinkedIn Feed.
Please go and have a read ifyou have anything to do with
trying to achieve net zero orbiodiversity, or even an

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interest in just timber ingeneral.
It's an interesting read to seehow the UK government is
addressing the situations in theUK.
Equally, there is still theopening for the call for a
review on the European Union'sapproach to meeting the Paris
Accord targets by talking aboutcarbon decarbonisation, circular

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economy, the use of productslike CLT, mass Timber and other
biobased products, and you canhave your opinion either inside
the EU or outside the EU.
It matters not where you'resituated.
They are looking at commentsfrom all walks of all people
from around the world, and ifyou have expertise in that area,

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you might want to make acontribution, just as I have.
So look out for that.
If you go to our LinkedIn feed,you'll be able to see the link
to the survey and pleaseconsider participating.
So that's it, folks.
That's all we've got time forthis week in Mass Timber
Construction Land News.
Look forward to bringing thenews next week.
Had a couple of weeks off inbetween, so there will be a few

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episodes that are sort ofskipped in terms of weekly
content.
But back on board now for theremainder of the year and we
will see the year out strong.
Thank you for being a listenerto this podcast, thank you for
contributing to our social mediafeed and don't forget, if you
are a researcher and you have aresearch paper and you want
global recognition for yourresearch, the Mass Timber

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Construction Journal AcademicArm has a great impact factor
and is getting some greattraction in terms of its
appropriate impact in theindustry.
So good morning, good afternoonor good night.
My name is Paul Kramer signingoff the Mass Timber Construction
podcast for the week.