What is Mass Timber's SWEET SPOT?

Is there a building size, height, number of stories, or occupancy in which mass timber works the best? In this video, I take a look at optimizing mass timber for a variety of projects, but rather than looking at this from a size and scale perspective, the focus is on structural material replacements for other systems in which mass timber works well - particularly post and beam framing. In this regard, mass timber's sweet spot can vary between something like an office building and a multi-family building.

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Ricky McLain is a structural engineer and mass timber specialist at WoodWorks. This video and this channel are based purely on Ricky's own observations, experiences and opinions, and do not necessarily reflect the opinion nor beliefs of WoodWorks.

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[lennertsymoens]

We often use it in schools and nursery homes. The aestethics and short building time are very much appreciated.

[mareknosek]

Great topics ! I am definitely sharing all of your contents. Thanks again for your advices . Sincerely Marek and family