Timberlab’s South Carolina Mass Timber Production Facility Reaches Full Capacity

Timberlab’s facility in Piedmont, South Carolina, has reached full capacity, according to GSA Business Report (6-24-24). Portland, Oregon-based Timberlab is a nationwide provider “holistic mass timber systems.”

In a news release, Timberlab said that since spring 2023, the 75,000-square foot engineering and fabrication plant has supported nearly a half-million square feet of sustainable development east of the Mississippi River. At full capacity with two state-of-the-art CNC machines, Timberlab can produce 1 million square feet of mass timber fabrications annually.

Timberlab President Chris Evans said:

“Now that we’re at full capacity, Timberlab is equipped to exponentially drive the adoption of this environment-forward building platform from coast-to-coast. We’ve already seen the impact we’ve made with glulam producers and suppliers throughout the Southeast, enabling them to fully participate in the commercial, prefabricated mass timber industry—and, ultimately, making it more accessible to adopters.”

The renovated, 75,000-square foot East Coast facility is staffed by 30 fabricating and timber professionals. It is the largest of its kind in the region, more than doubling the national capacity of the fabrication of large glulam members for mass timber structures, Timberlab said.

Background

In 2020, Swinerton launched Timberlab as an affiliate company with a mission to accelerate the mainstream adoption of mass timber in the US commercial construction market. The launch coincided with the opening of its first mass timber fabrication facility in Portland, Oregon. Most recently, Swinerton and Timberlab announced plans to build and operate a cross-laminated timber manufacturing facility along with the acquisition of two glue-laminated (Glulam) manufacturing facilities in Oregon.