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How can general contractors meet the growing demand for mass timber buildings? While developers across the country are pursuing mass timber projects, knowledge among the general contractor community is not yet widespread. Companies have varying degrees of familiarity with both the products and ...

The built environment is responsible for an estimated 40% of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions as well as a host of other global ecological and social impacts. By 2050, there will be 2.5 billion new inhabitants of global cities. Demand for new buildings and infrastructure will grow ...

Prefabrication, modularization, offsite and industrialized construction are increasingly being used as strategies to address mounting supply chain challenges, labor shortages, and escalating costs. The market for factory-based construction continues to rise in the U.S., especially in multi-family...

Innovations in mass timber construction are offering new opportunities for the building industry. Products such as cross-laminated timber (CLT) and glue-laminated timber (glulam) have high strength-to-weight ratios, allowing them to replace more traditional construction materials while providing ...

Track 3 of 3. See Learning Objectives for this track's content.  More than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, the building development, design and construction communities continue to experience unprecedented change. Demands for multi-unit housing continue to rise, as do land, material and ...

Concealed spaces—e.g., dropped ceilings or soffits—are common in light wood-frame and mass timber buildings. However, equally common are misunderstandings as to what requirements exist for their fire protection. Do all concealed spaces with combustible materials require sprinkler protection, ...

Creative structures are becoming increasingly common to differentiate projects in the highly competitive commercial and multi-family construction market. However, aesthetically pleasing shapes can create challenging lateral load paths and structural irregularities that are difficult to define and...

On large, mid-rise wood-frame buildings, exterior walls are tasked with meeting a multitude of code and constructability requirements, not the least of which are fire-resistance continuity and detailing. Part 1 of a two-part workshop, this online session will provide practical information for ...

Rising land costs continue to drive creativity with respect to maximizing lot use and increasing the value of projects. For urban sites, zero lot line construction is a relatively common way to maximize building size. However, these buildings come with a unique set of design and detailing ...