News in engineered wood products mass timber

Mercer Mass Timber is leading fabrication of the new Cheaha State Park Lodge, expected to be Alabama’s largest mass timber project, the Alabama Political Reporter said.

The Fraser Valley Real Estate Board is calling for harmonized zoning, stronger financing tools, and a provincial procurement roadmap to speed prefab housing delivery across BC, BIV reported.

Auburn University’s Kreher Preserve opened a new 5,000-square-foot mass-timber education center, Architectural Record reported.

Willmott Dixon completed certified fire-safety testing for CLT cavity barriers, a UK industry first that could streamline timber-build design and compliance.

FABRIC Mass Timber and WRNS Studio have started design work on California’s first regenerative mass timber plant in Redding.

Stora Enso’s Bad St. Leonhard mill has surpassed one million cubic meters of total cross-laminated timber production.

Harvard University has opened the David Rubenstein Treehouse, its first mass timber building and University-wide conference center.

The UK’s Velindre Cancer Center reached a key milestone with the installation of its timber frame, a sustainable design centerpiece for the new hospital.

The six-building mass-timber complex will later become Italy’s largest affordable student housing site, dezeen reported.

Michigan launched a new Mass Timber Catalyst Program offering $25,000–75,000 awards and technical support to promote sustainable timber construction.