Mass Timber

Mass timber is built to last hundreds of years, and is crafted from high-quality building materials with thoughtful connection details to ensure longevity. Breaking the cycle of short-term buildings with low cost materials is an important way to make construction more sustainable.

Due to design and engineering plus manufacturing lead times, large mass timber projects need ample lead time: 12-18 months is ideal, but shorter construction timelines can be achieved.

Mass timber can be a cost effective way of building larger commercial structures that are typically built with steel, thereby reducing a project's carbon footprint and build time. Mass timber is also inherently much more attractive than steel.

We can provide glue-laminated timbers in different species, such as spruce, larch, douglas fir, and southern yellow pine. We can also provide CLT panels, which are large panels that come in varying thicknesses, and can wrap the roof or walls of a mass timber building.

Mass timber is able to quickly reduce a project’s carbon footprint, by replacing steel framing members, which have large carbon debts, with wood. The timber stock that is used in the production of glue-lams and CLTs is from sustainably managed forests, with strict chains of custody and oversight. Trees that are cut down are replaced with seedlings to ensure a sustainable cycle.