Mass Timber Construction Podcast
Mass Timber Construction Podcast
Mass Timber Market Updates - Oct 2024 - Week Fourty
Unlock the secrets of sustainable construction and discover how mass timber is transforming the industry! This episode of the Mass Timber Construction Podcast promises to unravel the most exciting advancements in the field, starting with the mass timber market's ambitious growth trajectory, predicted to nearly double in value by 2031. Explore the fascinating breakthrough in genetically engineered wood that promises to reshape green construction, thanks to groundbreaking research from the University of Maryland. Hear how the Futures Forest Campaign is turning unhealthy forests into a beacon of regeneration, contributing significantly to our climate goals and revolutionizing affordable housing solutions.
Join us as we celebrate the innovative collaboration between WSP and Warwick, whose CLT steel composite floor system has garnered recognition for its game-changing contribution to sustainable building practices. Awarded at the CTBUH 2024 awards, this pioneering project is set to redefine how we think about floor systems, enhancing structural efficiency while slashing carbon emissions. We'll discuss why composite systems are gaining traction globally, including in Australia, and highlight the importance of using the right material in the right context. Stay tuned to learn how these innovations are driving the construction industry forward and what it means for the future of urban development.
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 Ramblin, your host. Good morning, good afternoon or good evening wherever you are in the world today. Welcome to the Mass Timber Construction Podcast Back for another weekly episode update. Don't forget to hit subscribe, make sure you like, comment and share anything on social media, and thank you for subscribing to the podcast. We really do appreciate it. Don't forget the international mass timber conference coming up in portland, oregon, in march. And don't forget rotho school in december, second and third, at the rothoblast school headquarters in italy, right before a major event that's happening in the region in December. Also, please get your tickets. Head to the Rotho Blast webpage to be able to get to the Rotho school registration and hopefully you'll be able to get onto the Rotho school class.
Speaker 1:Let's have a look at what's making news around the world this week in mass timber construction. Land and mass timber as a global construction has been estimated at about 857 million dollars in 2021 and it is between that and 1.5 billion in 2031, so a 10-year. It looks to almost double from its 2021 timeframe. This includes all engineered products, such as glulam, crosslam, naillam, et cetera, and it has a very good overview of the benefits for anyone who's new to mass timber. So head to our Mass Timber Construction Journal LinkedIn feed and you'll be able to read up on all the latest statistics and the benefits and how you can overcome barriers in adopting mass timber. Construction has formed a partnership with a futures forest campaign, which is a testament to their commitment for the sierra institute and masonic timber operation, which received a one million dollar us grant to advance its ambitious goals to look at materials that are related to climate change reduction of emissions. The investment leverages a $3 million grant that they received from Cal Fire and the USDA Forest Service that's aiding the work of Mass Timber Strategy in the region. It's the culmination of two decades of vision and transformation of unhealthy, overcrowded forests, essentially tinderboxes, into bedrock of thriving a regenerative economy, and this renewed forestry-based economy mitigates the effects of climate, fire risk and the post-wildfire risks which are simultaneously affecting affordable housing solutions through timber supply.
Speaker 1:And researchers have made a major breakthrough regarding genetically engineered wood, and it could revolutionize and push for green construction practices to change globally. According to the Innovation News Network, scientists at the University of Maryland have created a form of poplar wood that is as strong as chemically treated wood and on par with aluminium in terms of its tensile strength. Treated wood and on par with aluminium in terms of its tensile strength. The accomplishment that they achieved is by editing the effect of a key genome in poplar trees that deals with the production of lignin. Lignin in the poplar tree represents 13% of the polymer that helps stabilise the structure of the cell wall in the plant and so aids the transportation of water and nutrients. If you'd like to check out more about this innovative technology, please head to our international mass timber construction journal LinkedIn feed.
Speaker 1:And WSP and Warwick's have teamed up to provide a CLT steel composite floor system recognized by the innovation at the CTBUH 2024 awards. The School of Engineering is pleased to announce that the CLT steel composite floor system, the CSCF, is a pioneering project developed in collaboration with WSP and the Forestry Commission, and it was honoured with the prestigious Council of Tall Building and Urban Habitat annual award at the 2024 London Conference. The groundbreaking system, which integrates CLT and steel beams, offers a transformative solution for traditional floor systems by enhancing structural efficiency and reducing carbon emissions. The innovation is the result of extensive full-scale research by the University of Warwick under the leadership of Professor Hicks. The key benefits are enhanced structural efficiency, codified design method, environmental impact and industry adoption is expected to be high for similar products. I know that speaking to people around the world, including here in Australia.
Speaker 1:Composite systems are becoming quite prominent now as we realize that one material used in its purest form does not always constitute the best solution for a project. The right material at the right time with the right purpose is the right solution and featured in the recent September 18 to 21st Exo Tower Courtyard and Platform. The Cascade Up team have developed a first building at scale demonstration of glulam and cross-laminated timber structure that has been created entirely out of waste timber from demolition. The 3.5 meter high, 2.5 meter wide and 2 meter deep modular structure was designed by university college london circular economy lab and the UKCLT provided the stage for the shared planetary saving ideas that were discussed at this particular event. So Cascade Up fully embraces circularity taking wood which would have been otherwise put to chipped or downcycled and then sent to an or sent to an incinerator, and instead is manufactured, adding value to it, to create engineered systems.
Speaker 1:If you'd like to read more, 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. Thank you for joining me and don't forget that if you are an academic looking to submit a manuscript for a high impact journal for Mass Timber Construction, free to publish, free to access, open source, please head to masstimberconstructionjournalcom. And don't forget the Portland event in March. End of March in Portland, oregon, the International Mass Timber Conference. We are proud media partners with the International Mass Timber Conference, so please do get your tickets, book your accommodation and get over to the conference so that you can enjoy all of the flavors of the world for mass timber construction. Good morning, good afternoon or good evening, wherever you are in the world for mass timber construction. Good morning, good afternoon or good evening wherever you are in the world today. This is paul kramer signing off on the mass timber construction podcast. Thank you.