News in engineered wood products mass timber

Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) said the Luxembourg Airport’s Skypark Business Centre (SBC) is almost fully enclosed and on track to open in the coming months, Wood Central reported.

Vancouver has completed wək̓ʷan̓əs tə syaqʷəm Elementary School, the first school building in the district to be constructed entirely of prefabricated CLT panels, Canadian Architect reported.

Timberlab announced that it plans to build its new state-of-the-art cross-laminated timber (CLT) manufacturing facility in Millersburg, Oregon.

Wood Central profiled “Michigan’s Second Bridge,” the world’s longest timber-towered suspension bridge. The bridge was designed and constructed by Experimental Resources (Eri).

The Philomath, Oregon, sawmill and planing mill formerly owned by Interfor that closed earlier this year will survive to see another day following its acquisition by Timberlab, Philomath News reported.

Two Michigan universities are working with the state’s Department of Natural Resources to develop mass timber construction technologies and promote mass timber construction, according to UPword Michigan.

Chris Kalesnikoff speaks to the Vancouver Sun about the journey of the Kalesnikoff family to a key player in the mass timber and prefabricated mass timber building industry.

The US Army is looking to build greener, safer, and more resilient military installations, starting with a $100 million, 89,000-square-foot facility that broke ground last week, Wood Central reported.

The world’s largest hybrid building will be “a timber building inside a much, much larger building,” Wood Central reported.

Nick Milestone, Vice President of Projects and Construction for Mercer Mass Timber, sat down with Wood Central for an exclusive interview about how the building industry is changing.