The Michigan Department of Natural Resources recently completed a mass timber building in the Upper Peninsula community of Newberry using Michigan-sourced red pine as cross-laminated timber panels. This panel discussion will review the project's design and construction. Join us to see how local sourcing of wood enabled the architectural team to work closely with state and building product manufacturers in driving a shared vision for this project and Michigan's timber industry. You'll gain valuable insights into the collaboration required to meet architecture's sustainability goals, the revolutionary manufacturing process that will expand the possibilities in mass timber wood design, and more.
Learning Objectives
- Explore the sourcing challenges of regional and local wood and best-practice strategies to overcome local sourcing issues.
- Discuss research on and resources for understanding mass timber construction and the various materials that work in conjunction with mass timber design (e.g., stone wool insulation).
- Review the challenges and lessons learned from the Newberry Michigan Department of Natural Resources Customer Service Center.
- Examine the trend of mass timber construction and the manufacturer's role in driving new solutions.