04 April 2022

Advancing Tall Timber, One Code Revision at a Time

Hans-Erik Blomgren, Timberlab

In 2021, several major obstacles were overcome in the path to adoption of mass timber as a viable option for high-rise construction in North America....

04 April 2022

Exposed Mass Timber in High-Rise Structures: A Practical Discussion of a Complex Fire Problem

David Barber et al., Arup

High-rise mass timber buildings with structures of cross-laminated timber (CLT) and glued-laminated timber (glulam) are being planned and constructed globally. However, high-rise buildings have strict...

04 April 2022

How Does Mass Timber Improve Tall Construction Productivity and Sustainability?

Lisa Podesto, Lendlease

The future of building construction is being shaped most significantly by two factors: the knowledge that the construction industry suffers from a severe lack of...

04 April 2022

Making Tall Timber Financially Viable: the Design-Build Approach

Lisa Thom, Lendlease

As the tall building industry increasingly becomes interested in using engineered mass timber to construct high-rise buildings, the economical and construction-efficiency advantages need to be...

04 April 2022

State of Tall Timber 2022

Daniel Safarik, Jacob Elbrecht & William Miranda, CTBUH

The past few years have seen tremendous interest in the development of mass timber buildings of increasing height, in urban settings, many of which are...

04 April 2022

Tall Timber Buildings: Innovative Building Design and Damping Considerations

Solomon Tesfamariam, University of British Columbia

The current trend in tall timber building design is a testament to the need for innovative structural systems. In this paper, a new, coupled cross-laminated...

04 April 2022

Use Certified Wood for Tall Timber?

Brad Kahn, Forest Stewardship Council & Ethan Martin, DCI Engineers

The question of where builders obtain the wood used in high-rise mass timber projects is a significant factor in the assessment of a project’s overall...