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Designing and Building with Mass Timber + MSU STEM Facility Site Tour

Michigan State University (MSU) STEM Teaching Learning Facility 642 Red Cedar Road, East Lansing, MI, United States

May 15, 2024 - Regional In-Person Seminar + Tour (East Lansing, MI). This presentation will walk through early project decisions and design steps when planning a mass timber project, followed by a a tour of the MSU STEM Facility Site.

WoodWorks at the AIA Conference 2024

June 5-8, 2024 - Regional In-Person Event (Washington, DC) Join acclaimed architects, designers, and building product manufacturers and earn HSW, GBCI, RIBA & AIA LUs. WoodWorks will host eight sessions on the expo floor at booth 3947.

Designing and Building with Mass Timber: Design, Planning and Performance

Stäge Kitchen & Bar 5260 Peachtree Parkway, Peachtree Corners, GA, United States

June 18, 2024 - Regional In-Person Event (Peachtree Corners, GA) Topics will also include preconstruction coordination and interactions between the manufacturer and design/construction teams, case-based approaches to costing and scheduling, project delivery methods, how to achieve the highest level of efficiency for costs, schedule, and performance, and additional education and training opportunities.

Early Design Decisions: Priming Mass Timber Projects for Success

Buffalo Marriott at LECOM HARBORCENTER 95 Main Street, Larkin Room, 7th floor, Buffalo, NY, United States

July 9, 2024 - Regional In-Person Seminar (Buffalo, NY) This presentation will walk through early project decisions and design steps, focusing on how to optimize projects for mass timber and how one early decision can influence others. Topics will include construction types, fire ratings, column grids and beam/panel spans, acoustics and MEP integration.

Type III Construction: Exterior Walls – Designing & Detailing

Bio+Tech Center - Founders Conference Room 800 East Leigh Street, Richmond, VA, United States

July 30, 2024 - Regional In-Person Event (Richmond, VA) This presentation provides an overview of considerations related to durable wood design, including moisture management techniques, preservative treatment specification, and details for controlling termites. It will also focus on common detailing issues and areas of misunderstanding related to exterior walls and their intersection with rated floor assemblies

Mercer International Middle School Tour: A Firsthand Look at Mass Timber

Asa Mercer Middle School 1600 South Columbian Way, Seattle, WA, United States

August 14, 2024 - Regional In-Person Tour (Seattle, WA) This unique educational event will provide an in-depth look at Asa Mercer International Middle School, a type III-B mass timber school under construction in Seattle, WA.

Lakeridge Middle School Tour: A Firsthand Look at Mass Timber Construction

Lakeridge Middle School 4700 Jean Road, Lake Oswego, OR, United States

August 16, 2024 - Regional In-Person Tour (Lake Oswego, OR) This unique educational event will provide an in-depth look at Lakeridge Middle School, a new timber-framed public-school building for Lake Oswego School District, in Oregon. Attendees will tour the site with members of the project team and are encouraged to ask questions and discuss details of the project during the tour.

Mass Timber: Developers & Early Design Decisions + The Ecology School Tour

The Ecology School at River Bend Farm 184 Simpson Road, Saco, ME, United States

August 22, 2024 - Regional In-Person Seminar + Tour (Saco, ME) This presentation will walk through early project decisions and design steps, focusing on how to optimize projects for mass timber and how one early decision can influence others. Developers/owners, architects, engineers and builders will all learn how mass timber can create value. A tour of The Ecology School will follow the seminar.

Celebrating Women in Wood Design & Construction: Keynote & Networking Event

SF LGBT Center 1800 Market Street, 202 - Rainbow Room, San Francisco, CA, United States

August 22, 2024 - Regional In-Person Event (San Francisco, CA) Join WoodWorks and Regional Director Chelsea Drenick, SE, for the third annual networking event celebrating women who are driving innovation in wood projects in the Bay Area.

DL Cohen Factory Tour & Panelized Light-Frame Construction Site Visit

DL Cohen Construction Company 7825 Lavaun Drive, Littleton, CO, United States

August 26, 2024 - Regional In-Person Tour ( Littleton, CO) Attendees will tour the facility with DL Cohen’s employees, who will share insights about the design, detailing, and construction techniques utilized to fabricate the facility’s panelized walls and trusses.

Designing & Building with Mass Timber + Redmond Center Tour

Redmond Senior & Community Center 8703 160th Avenue Northeast, Red Oak Community Room 139, Redmond, WA, United States

August 27, 2024 - Regional In-Person Seminar + Tour (Redmond, WA) This presentation seeks to build on this openness and environment of shared learning, providing an overview of mass timber products, planning, design and implementation to maximize the benefits these buildings can deliver. Attendees will then tour the site with members of the project team, who will share strategies for successful, code-compliant mass timber projects.

Mass Timber Sustainability: Making a Case for Developers and Owners

Hotel Magdalena 1101 Music Lane, Austin, TX, United States

August 27, 2024 - Regional In-Person Seminar (Austin, TX) Would you like to pitch sustainable mass timber to a client? This presentation will provide an overview of the WoodWorks’ Mass Timber Business Case Study series, written for the developer/owner/investor audience. This course also takes a brief look at the use of wood products in construction and their ability to store carbon long term.

Advancing Mass Timber Construction 2024

Hilton BNA Nashville Airport Terminal 2 Terminal Drive, Nashville, TN, United States

September 23-25, 2024 - Regional In-Person Event (Nashville, TN) Join WoodWorks and 30+ expert speakers to learn about the latest developments in mass timber, including building codes, structural systems, best practices for project delivery, and manufacturing capacity.

Building with Wood: Nature’s Climate Solution

AIA New York Center for Architecture 536 LaGuardia Place, Room 532, New York, NY, United States

September 24, 2024 - Regional In-Person Event (New York, NY) Save the date for AWC & WoodWork's inaugural NYC Climate Week event featuring an expert panel and discussions on how wood products, forestry and the built environment offer sustainable solutions to the climate crisis.

Building Tours: Mass Timber Innovation at the University of Arkansas

University of Arkansas University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, United States

September 26, 2024 - Regional In-Person Tour (Fayetteville, AR) This event will offer a unique behind the scenes look at two cutting-edge mass timber buildings on the University of Arkansas campus. Attendees will tour both buildings with project team members.

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Building with Wood: Sustainable Forestry, Biophilic Design & Carbon Impact

Long Beach Public Library, Billie Jean King Main Library 200 West Broadway, Community Room A, First floor, Long Beach, CA, United States

October 1, 2024 - Regional In-Person Event (Long Beach, CA) This course examines the use of mass timber in construction and the positive environmental benefits it can bring to a project, with case studies illustrating wood’s impact on sustainability outcomes.

Brookhaven City Hall Site Tour: A Firsthand Look @ Mass Timber Construction

Terra Terroir 3974 Peachtree Road, Atlanta, GA, United States

October 3, 2024 - Regional In-Person Tour (Brookhaven, GA) Join Laura Cullen as she leads a tour of the new Brookhaven City Hall. The four-story building includes an atrium, retail, restaurant, an event space with a catering kitchen, and a rooftop terrace.

Early Design Decisions: Priming Mass Timber Projects for Success

Maggiano's Little Italy 1201 Filbert Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

October 8, 2024 - Regional In-Person Seminar (Philadelphia, PA) Mass timber is a unique, non-commodity building material and, to lay the groundwork for success, certain critical decisions must be made as early as possible. This presentation will walk through early project decisions and design steps, focusing on how to optimize projects for mass timber and how one early decision can influence others.

Demystifying Timber Construction Types

Burwell Center for Career Advacement 2190 East Asbury Avenue, Denver, CO, United States

October 8, 2024 - Regional In-Person Seminar (Denver, CO) This presentation will cover some of the design considerations associated with mid-rise wood-frame buildings and focuses on mid-rise mass timber construction, highlighting examples in the five- to eight-story range—including office, mixed-use, and multi-family projects.

Taking on Climate Change and Affordable Housing with Mass Timber

Boston University 665 Commonwealth Avenue, Center for Computing & Data Sciences, Boston, MA, United States

October 22, 2024 - Regional In-Person Workshop (Boston, MA) New England Forestry Foundation (NEFF) and its partners are hosting the first in a series of workshops aimed at growing the market for climate-smart forest products and connecting with efforts to incentivize climate-smart forest management across our region.

Designing and Building with Mass Timber + T3 Wedgewood-Houston Tour

T3 Wedgewood-Houston 1234 Martin Street, Nashville, TN, United States

October 22, 2024 - Regional In-Person Tour (Nashville, TN) Earn CEUs and tour a seven-story mass timber building providing creative office space and ground-floor retail in Nashville. The seminar will build on the environment of shared learning in the mass timber community, providing an overview of everything from available products to the planning, design, and implementation methods across disciplines that maximize the benefits these buildings can deliver.

Frame it Right: The Basics and Beyond for Light-frame Construction

Southwest Mountain States Regional Council of Carpenters Buena Park Training Center 7111 Firestone Boulevard, Classroom 2, Buena Park, CA, United States

October 30, 2024 - Regional In-Person Seminar (Buena Park, CA) This presentation will focus on the most common detailing issues and areas of misunderstanding related to exterior walls and their intersection with rated floor assemblies, along with detailing for elevator, stair, and mechanical shafts.

Mass Timber +

Pennsylvania Convention Center 1101 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

November 12-14, 2024 – Regional In-Person Event (Philadelphia, PA) Co-produced by WoodWorks & Forest Economic Advisors, Mass Timber+ at Greenbuild is where wood-based offsite construction’s suppliers, buyers and specifiers meet to explore opportunities, exchange ideas and introduce technologies to move this industry forward.

Early Design Decisions: Priming Mass Timber Projects for Success

Monday Night Brewing - Social Club 14 12th Street South, Birmingham, AL, United States

November 13, 2024 - Regional In-Person Event (Birmingham, AL) This presentation will walk through early project decisions and design steps, focusing on how to optimize projects for mass timber and how one early decision can influence others.

Priming Mass Timber Projects for Success + Star Lofts Tour

Star Lofts 2701 Ingersoll Ave, Des Moines, IA, United States

November 15, 2024 - Regional In-Person Tour (Des Moines, IA) This presentation will walk through early project decisions and design steps, focusing on how to optimize projects for mass timber and how one early decision can influence others. After the seminar, join us for a tour of Star Lofts hosted by Scott and Mary Cutler.

Mastering Mass Timber Costs – A Roundtable Workshop

Swinerton/Timberlab Main Office @ Heartline Building 850 Northwest 13th Avenue, 5th Floor, Portland, OR, United States

November 21, 2024 - Regional In-Person Event (Portland, OR) This workshop will connect designers, contractors, and other key industry professionals with developers to discuss critical decisions and strategies for successful mass timber projects.

Frame it Right: Optimizing Size and Framing in Mid-Rise Wood Buildings

December 10, 2024 (Regional In-Person and Online Event) This presentation will review the allowable construction types, with an emphasis on the opportunities and advantages of using light-frame wood in Types III and V. Common framing methods will also be discussed in the context of ensuring that projects are designed to be structurally sound, constructable, and code compliant.

Mass Timber in Design: An In-depth Look at Adelaide Pointe

Adelaide Events 500 Adelaide Circle, Floor 3, Muskegon, MI, United States

December 11, 2024 - Regional In-Person Event (Muskegon, MI) This workshop will focus on the implementation of mass timber within the Adelaide Pointe mixed-use development. After the workshop, join us for a tour of Adelaide Point.