Mass Timber Committee
HOW TO GET INVOLVED
The Mass Timber Committee meets on the second Tuesday of the month at 4 pm. To receive upcoming meeting and event details, subscribe to our email list (see below). AIA Seattle members, allied members, and sponsors are encouraged to join, as well as other professionals in the design community. The Mass Timber Committee serves AIA Seattle’s Society vision.
The Mass Timber Committee plans monthly mass timber presentations, building tours, forest walks, and happy hours. The committee helps people become mass timber experts and advance the industry to build more mass timber projects.
List of/ recent/**upcoming MT committee events/lectures/
- ** 6/10/2025 June Committee Meeting – in person at CfAD
- **5/13/2025 May Committee Meeting
- **5/6/2025 Policy Sub-Group Visioning Session at CfAD
- **5/2/2025 Structurecfraft Dowellam Tour with AIA NWW
- 4/8/2025 IMTC Recap
- 3/25/25 Happy Hour at IMTC
- 02/11/25 New Mass Timber Projects
- 01/14/25 Mass Timber Incentive Programs
- 12/10/24 Holiday Happy Hour
- 11/19/24 MT LCA – Zoom lecture (recording)
- 10/08/24 MT Wood Sourcing & Fabrication (recording)
- 09/10/24 Yakama Forest Tour debrief (slides) & MT Code Updates (recording)
- 08/23/24 Yakama Nation Forest Tour
- 07/20/24 Newhouse Building & Milgard Hall Tour
- 06/20/24 MT Tour: Mercer Middle School
- 06/11/24 MT Sustainable Forestry (recording)
- 05/08/24 MT Tour: Kenmore CLT House (+SPARC)
- 04/22/24 MT Tour: 35 Stone #3 (+YAF)
- 04/09/24 Portland IMTC debrief (recording)
- 03/26/24 Happy Hour at the Portland MT Conference
- 03/18/24 MT Tour: 35 Stone #2
- 02/12/24 MT Tour: 35 Stone #1
- 01/09/24 MT Moisture Protection (recording)
- 12/13/23 Holiday Happy Hour
- 11/14/23 MT Cost/Schedule (slides)
- 10/10/23 MT Modular
- 09/12/23 MT Suppliers
- 08/15/23 MT Tour: Bush School
- 08/08/23 Forest to Frame: Sustainable Sourcing Panel
- 08/01/23 MT Tour: Northlake Commons (+YAF)
- 06/20/23 MT Testing (Nheri Shake Table)
- 06/13/23 MT Tour: Northlake Commons
- 05/09/23 Project Highlights: Northlake Commons
- 04/18/23 Portland IMTC debrief
- 03/27/23 Happy Hour at IMTC
- 02/14/23 Firm Highlights
- 01/10/23 Sustainability / Embodied carbon
- 12/13/22 Holiday Happy Hour
- 11/08/22 MTC Planning Meeting / Forest Tour recap
- 10/26/22 MT Tour: Heartwood
- 10/04/22 Forest Tour (Recap & Notes)
- 09/22/22 MT Testing (Fire, Acoustic, Connections)
- 08/11/22 MTC Planning Meeting
- 07/21/22 MTC + SPARC: MT Residential (recording)
- 06/01/22 MT Tours: UW HSEB & UW Founders Hall
- 05/10/22 MT Mini Case Studies
- 04/18/22 Portland IMTC debrief
- 03/08/22 MT Moisture Protection (slides 1 & slides 2: best practices)
- 02/08/22 MT Code / Fire
- 01/11/22 MT Contractors
- 12/14/21 Happy Hour
2024 – MT committee potential future lectures
- Mass timber case studies and lessons learned
- Vibration and acoustics
- Sustainability/Carbon/Forestry
- Fire Protection
- MT lateral systems
- Historic timber building retrofits and repairs
- Wood Products (non-structural: wood fiber insulation, wood cladding, ect.)
Resources
- 03/08/22 MT Committee: MT Moisture Mitigation – meeting slides
- 02/26/22 MT Committee: MT Moisture Mitigation – Best Practices Guide
- 03/12/19 MT Committee: MT Type IV pre-submittal guide for City of Seattle
Committee Chair(s):
Contact the Committee Chair(s):
masstimber@aiaseattle.orgJoin & Subscribe
Files
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