News in offsite construction

Air New Zealand’s Hangar 4 has reached a major milestone with the installation of its 27-meter-high (88.5 feet), 80-meter-wide (262 feet) hangar door, Wood Central reported.

Stephen F. Austin State University officially opened its first mass timber building and the first mass timber project in The University of Texas System.

A permit application was submitted for a seven-story, 129-room hotel that would become Cleveland’s second mid-rise mass timber building if approved, NEOtrans reported.

The New York City Economic Development Corporation and Newlab announced the next cohorts for the NYC Mass Timber Studio and the Resilient Energy Studio.

George Brown College’s Limberlost Place is helping drive Ontario’s mass timber construction strategy, Ontario Construction News reported.

Meta is adding mass timber to its lower-emissions construction strategy, part of its goal to reach net-zero emissions across its supply chain by 2030, ESG Dive reported.

Auckland’s tallest timber building is set to rise after JKG secured consent to construct an 11-story CLT development, Wood Central reported.

The $100 million expansion of Maine’s Portland Museum of Art will spotlight mass timber, Mainebiz reported.

Architecture firm Pickard Chilton recently announced the completion of a mixed-use high-rise in downtown Bellevue, Washington, Building Design + Construction reported.