News in offsite construction

Harbor Bay Ventures has started construction on a 13-story mass timber student housing building near The Ohio State University, Woodworking Network reported.

The Canadian Wood Council and the Canadian Institute of Steel Construction partnered to accelerate the adoption of steel-timber hybrid construction in Canada.

Stora Enso, in partnership with the EU-funded Woodcircles project, has produced full-size CLT panels made entirely from reclaimed wood, demonstrating the viability of circular timber construction.

Chile is testing CLT made from domestic radiata pine in seismic studies to evaluate its potential for high-rise construction, Wood Central reported.

Fyrtornet, a 51.5-meter office tower, is Sweden’s tallest wooden office building and one of the first to forgo a concrete core, Wood Central reported.

BCIT has opened its new mass timber student housing residence at the Burnaby campus. The 12-story tower is the city’s tallest timber building.

The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, has completed a 144,000-square-foot public research facility that features mass timber, Building Design + Construction reported.

Vancouver’s new Freedom Mobile Arch Amphitheater has installed the final glulam beam for the mass timber roof, Daily Hive Urbanized reported.

Neutral released results from the first successful three-hour fire-resistance test of a hybrid mass timber building assembly with standard connectors.

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.