Mass Timber Market Updates - Aug 2024 - Week Thirtythree

Unlock the secrets to safer, more sustainable building practices this week as we spotlight groundbreaking initiatives in mass timber construction. Have you ever wondered how the future of medium-rise residential buildings could be reshaped post-Grenfell? Tune in as we unveil the collaborative efforts of War Thistleton and the Institute of Structural Engineers, who are pioneering holistic design principles that comply with the UK's stringent new fire safety regulations. Discover the cutting-edge integration of steel bracing systems with mass timber, offering a harmonious blend of stability, resilience, and eco-friendliness in modern architecture.

From Melbourne to Portland, we bring you inspiring stories that push the boundaries of sustainability and innovation. Explore Goodman Fielder's ambitious pilot project in Melbourne, where over 7,000 pieces of sustainably sourced timber aim to slash embodied carbon by 24%. Dive into the innovative energy efficiency practices at BCIT's Living Labs, and marvel at PAE Consulting Engineers' visionary headquarters in Portland—a building designed to last a century, powered entirely by renewable energy and recycling its resources. Don't miss these riveting updates and insights from the forefront of mass timber construction.

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:59

Ladies and gentlemen, we are live. This is the moment you all have been waiting for. It's time for the global sensation, the one, the only, the undisputed heavyweight podcast in the world the Mass Timber Construction Podcast. And now here's Paul Kramer, your host. Good morning, good afternoon or good evening wherever you are in the world today, welcome to the Mass Timber Construction Podcast. My name's Paul Kramer, your host, and welcome to another weekly episode of Mass Timber Updates from around the world. Don't forget to hit subscribe. And don't forget to get your tickets to the international mass timber conference in portland, oregon, in march next year, 2025. Early bird session is available now 30 off. Also, do not forget the events for rotho school, which is coming to australia. So all my australian listeners, please head to sydney or the melbourne event. Tickets are selling out fast, so please head to rotho. Blast's Tickets are selling out fast, so please head to the Ruffer Blast's website or LinkedIn feed and you'll be able to see the details there.

Speaker 1: 2:28

Let's have a look at what's making news around the world this week. In mass timber construction, land and War, thistleton are promoting a new model building piloting post-Grenfell holistic design of medium-rise residential buildings in timber. The Institute of Structural Engineers has teamed up with War Thistleton to create a comprehensive set of design principles and guides for designing and constructing multi-storey mass timber buildings that adhere to strict requirements to meet the UK's new fire safety regulations. The initiative is supported by people who are involved in Build by Nature, and it's also developed in collaboration with the UCL Department of Civil, environmental and Geometric Engineering, bureau Harrop and Gardner Thobold. So if you want to have a look at the amazing work that's being done, please head to our LinkedIn feed and you'll be able to see all the information to download the full article and read it for yourself.

Speaker 1: 3:33

It's great to see some cross-pollination between the steel and the timber industry, or sectors with timber structures being supported by steel systems, in particular steel bracing systems. Steel offers a combination with mass timber that provides lateral stability, load distribution, increased rigidity, resilience and seismic forces and enhance the overall improved safety for buildings. Another thing that's quite interesting to note is that the tolerances for steel, unlike concrete and particular wet form wet pour concrete, have very similar tolerances within millimeters, and so it makes a perfect accompaniment to mass timber. If you'd like to see what Acetra is up to, please head to our LinkedIn feed. There's an amazing video with steel systems for bracing for a multi-story residential apartment using clt. And goodman fielder is the company. It's based in melbourne, in a little town called morabbin, where there's actually an airport, and their first pilot project, which is venturing into mass timber construction, utilizes 7,019 pieces, or 631 tons of timber. The timber is sourced from suppliers made from sustainable plantation forests and, according to the company, mass timber construction is expected to reduce the property's embodied carbon by about 24 compared to conventional steel systems. If you want to have a look at goodman's amazing five-star green rated building system, head to our linkedin feed. The glulam portal frame structure is impressive.

Speaker 1: 5:14

The energy efficiency and decarbonisation are in the spotlight at the Barnaby School, part of the series of BC Hydro Clean Energy champions, businesses, homes and institutions, large and small, recognised for reducing their reliance on fossil fuels. What do a 12-storey wooden building and a heat pump installation course and a display of various roof and wall assemblies and retrofits of two dozens of campus buildings have in common? They're all part of BC's Institute of Technology, the BCIT Living Labs' show-and-tell approach to energy use in buildings. If you want to see more of BCIT's Living Labs, please head to our LinkedIn feed. And Portland-based PAE Consulting Engineers wanted its new headquarters to be among the world's most environmentally friendly a living building that stood five stories tall but tread lightly on the world around it. So the company designed its office to last 100 years. Powered by renewable energy, the building recycles its water and even gathers urine to convert into fertilizer, generating more than 30,000 a year since 2022.

Speaker 1: 6:28

For the building material itself, pae chose mass timber wood that can be used in place of concrete and steel. As we all know, because you're avid listeners to the podcast, if you'd like to have a look at this amazing pae consulting engineer building, please head to our linkedin feed. And that's it, folks. That's all we've got time for this week in mass timber construction land. Don't forget to hit subscribe. Never miss an episode. Don't do look out for updates on our podcast. Please do also look out for our updates on our social media feed. And if you do have a journal manuscript and you're looking for somewhere to make an impact, our journal publication house has an impact factor of 1.588 and growing each year. We're taking on more papers on a regular basis, so do head over to that. Good morning, good afternoon or good evening. This is Paul Kramer signing off on the Massatimba Construction Podcast. Thank you.