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Thornton Tomasetti Here's How: Mainstreaming Mass Timber

Thornton Tomasetti's Mass Timber podcast series

About This Podcast Series

Interested in designing or building with mass timber but unsure where to start or if it’s right for your project? This podcast provides practical information on how to efficiently and cost-effectively integrate mass timber into projects of every size and type. Owners, developers, architects, and engineers will learn how to overcome concerns about cost, code compliance, insurance issues, fire safety, acoustic and vibration challenges, and more.

Hosts Paul Becker and Kristina Rogers talk with experts in mass timber analysis, design, and construction to uncover effective strategies, best practices, and lessons learned from a large portfolio of projects. They discuss ways the advantages of mass timber – sustainability, low embodied carbon, biophilic benefits, construction efficiency, and circularity – can be successfully incorporated into a widening array of projects, including commercial buildings, high- and low-rise residential, healthcare and labs, academic buildings, data centers, cultural and arts centers, sports and recreation, aviation facilities, and bridges and transportation infrastructure.

Here's how mass timber can reduce embodied carbon in the built environment

Podcast Episodes

Designing, Delivering and Evaluating Mass Timber Projects

How advances in mass timber analysis and design are expanding what’s possible – and what it takes to deliver those systems in practice
The importance of planning for permitting, insurance, and code pathways as part of early project strategy
How early coordination can drive design and construction efficiencies that can significantly offset the material-cost premium of mass timber
Where prefabrication, component design, and supplier collaboration improve constructability, speed, and quality
How to address core technical challenges, including fire safety, acoustic and vibration behavior, connections, and performance requirements
How mass timber supports broader goals around sustainability, embodied carbon, circular design, and long-term building performance