Mass Timber Market Updates - June 2023 - Week Twentyfive

Get ready to navigate the global landscape of mass timber construction with me, your host, Paul Kramer. From the buzzing streets of North London to the sun-drenched outskirts of Brisbane, we're taking you on a whirlwind tour of the latest mass timber projects that are reshaping the way we think about construction. 

First, we'll journey to the heart of corporate America, where software giant Sage is paving the way with their new office space at Ponce City Market. Next, we're jetting off to British Columbia, where the BC Institute for Technology has some big plans for a mass timber trade complex. Down under, we'll explore a sustainable commercial office building with a layered façade of glazing and perforated metal screens. Back in the UK, we'll have an up-close look at an approved nine-floor mass timber building in North London. You don't want to miss these updates and more in our latest episode. Trust me, the future of construction is here, and it's made of wood.


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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
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 ever made, anywaypodcast in the world.
The past Timber constructionpodcast, and now here's what's
right around your house.

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Good morning, good afternoon orgood evening, wherever you are
in the world today.
Welcome to the mass Timberconstruction podcast.
My name is Paul Kramer, yourhost, and welcome to the middle
of the year.
It is week 25.
It is June and it is the middleof the year.
You will be getting eithercooler or warmer, depending on
which hemisphere you live in.

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And we'd also like to say anamazing milestone for the mass
Timber construction journalfamily We hit 24,000 followers
on LinkedIn recently, so that's2.8 million impressions per year
, over 41,000 engagements.
That means likes, you know,numerous shares, and it's all

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thanks to your contributions,your comments, your reposts, etc
.
And we really do.
Thank you for your engagement.
Let's have a look at what'smaking news around the world
this week.
In mass Timber constructionland, sage, the software
organization they're going torelocate to the 619 Ponce Road,

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showing that the use of massTimber for big corporates is a
desirable feature.
The building just recentlytopped out with a topping out
ceremony And it is impressive tosee that they will be entering
into the Ponce City Market in2024.
Sage will take 57,000 to 87,000square feet of the office space

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planned in Jamestowns in thenewest development down there,
that's using mass Timberconstruction.
So congratulations to theexecutives at Sage for choosing
a renewable material for youroffice tower A great choice by
anyone's means in the massTimber construction sector.
And heading to British Columbianow, and the BC Institute for

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Technology has a concertproperties center for trades and
technology And a four storybuilding is proposed.
7,670 square meter buildingwith mass Timber elements will
be announced by the end of thesummer period, which is the
summer period in the NorthernHemisphere, so probably heading

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towards August.
The center is an anchor of $162million worth of trades and
technology complex.
The first build phase willinclude four new trade centers
impacting 20 trades in theBarnaby campus.
The center is expected to beginconstruction in 2025 and will

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be completed in the last quarterof 2027.
There is an estimate that thesmaller complex of buildings
will start in the first quarterof 2024 and take about a year to
complete.
So a number of phases.
Congratulations to the BC ITInstitute in British Columbia.
A great project.
If you'd like to see moredetails, you can see the renders

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on the mass Timber constructionjournal LinkedIn feed.
And heading to Australia now,the Royal Neal architecture has
designed a sustainablecommercial office building on
the fringes of the city ofBrisbane, which is in Queensland
, near the CBD, in a placecalled Newstead.
The four story building will bethe headquarters of the Asia
Pacific Internet DevelopmentTrust, accommodating about 80

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staff.
The offices will be constructedusing cross limited timber with
layered facade of glazing andperforated metal screens that
provide an expression of thedepth from the outside world.
The building is designed to bea vision and sound and light
when required, inside thebuilding.
If you'd like to have a look atthe renders for that place,
head to the mass Timberconstruction journal LinkedIn

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feed.
And heading to North London now,and a nine-floor mass timber
building has been designed byBennett's associates and just
recently been approved for thesite at number two copper square
.
The big timber office projectsite will sit next to the newly
opened Clermont Park andalongside two major new public

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squares that will act as agateway for the rest of the
neighborhood.
Typical floors are a spacious18,350 square feet with views
over Clermont Park and beyondplaying fields to the Hampstead
Heath area.
If you'd like to see any moredetails on this project, head to
our mass timber constructionchannel LinkedIn feed and you'll

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be able to read up on about itthere.
So that's it, folks.
That's what's making newsaround the world this week in
mass timber construction land.
Don't forget to hit subscribeso you never miss an episode.
We look forward to bringing thenews for the next coming week.
Next week when we get thereIt's the middle of the year,
celebrate the solstice and welook forward to catching up with
you very soon.

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Thank you again to our 24,000followers on LinkedIn, our
followers on Twitter, and welook forward to bringing you the
podcast next week.
Have a great morning, eveningor afternoon, wherever you're on
the world.
Today.
This is Paul Kramer signing offon the mass timber construction
podcast.