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Mass Timber in Multi-Family Housing: Is It a Good Fit for Your Project? (Webinar)
June 17, 2026
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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Wednesday Lunch & Learns – Live Webinars with Torti Gallas + Partners
AIAPV has partnered with Torti Gallas + Partners to provide a limited number of slots for live webinar access to the firm's Lunch & Learn CEU events, held on one Wednesday each month. We are grateful for Torti Gallas' support, which allows the chapter to offer this valuable benefit to our members.
WEDNESDAY LUNCH & LEARN
Mass Timber in Multi-Family Housing: Is It a Good Fit for Your Project?
Mass timber is often attached to the stigma of being more expensive than other building materials. Because of this, some people assume it only makes sense for one-off projects where innovation is celebrated but repeatability is not. Is this true, or do its other benefits result in overall cost efficiency? If it is true, how can we expect to build the number of new housing units needed across our country in a sustainable and affordable manner? Typical multi-family housing developments are in the range of 4-6 stories, often utilizing podium or pedestal construction with 1-2 stories of steel and concrete topped with 3-5 stories of light wood framing. Beyond these heights, building codes have historically required steel or concrete framing and, to justify the added costs of these materials, projects often go much taller. This has created a critical gap in housing developments in the range of 6-12 stories. Can mass timber multi-family projects make financial sense in the 4-6 story range, used in conjunction with light wood-frame systems? What new opportunities will the 2021 International Building Code create for mass timber housing in the 6-18 story range? This presentation will answer these questions and much more.
Credits:
1 LU/HSW
Please note: You must attend the entire session to receive continuing education credit.
Learning Objectives:
- Evaluate the code opportunities for mass timber structures in residential mid-rise projects.
- Discuss code-compliant options for exposing mass timber, where up to 2-hour fire-resistance ratings are required, and demonstrate design methodologies for achieving these ratings.
- Review code requirements unique to hybrid mass timber and light-frame housing projects, and emphasize solutions for criteria such as construction type, fire-resistance ratings and acoustics design.
- Highlight the unique benefits of using exposed mass timber in taller multi-family buildings.
Presenter: John O'Donald II. PE | Regional Director | WoodWorks
[email protected]; 814-880-5636
Provider: Wood Products Council (G516) | Course #25LL10
AIA credits and certificates will be processed by Wood Products Council.
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Tickets
$10.00 AIAPV Member - Mass Timber in Multi-Family Housing: Is It a Good Fit for Your Project?
$10.00 Other AIA Member - Mass Timber in Multi-Family Housing: Is It a Good Fit for Your Project?
$15.00 Non-Member - Mass Timber in Multi-Family Housing: Is It a Good Fit for Your Project?
