There's been a lot of buzz about building tall mass timber structures since the International Code Council (ICC) passed 14 tall mass timber code change proposals in December 2018. In this podcast, our editor, David Myron, speaks with Kenneth Bland, vice president of codes and regulations for the American Wood Council, about these changes and how they’ll affect multifamily design and development.
Kenneth describes the long road that led to the ICC’s acceptance of the proposed mass timber codes, and how Brock Commons, a student residence hall at the University of British Columbia, in Vancouver, Canada, set the tall mass timber benchmark of 18 stories and 270 feet in height.
Find out why the leading architectural and engineering firms in the United States are interested in these tall mass timber developments.
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