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The nomination period for the 2025 Wood in Architecture Awards closes on January 25th. If you haven't already, start preparing your submission: https://lnkd.in/grhgXVnj Mass timber, light-frame, and hybrid buildings are eligible. Awards will be presented at the AIA Conference on Architecture & Design in Boston, MA in June 2025. Pictured: 2024 winner 11 E Lenox in Boston, MA. Monte French Design Studio | H+O Structural Engineers | Haycon Inc. | Boston Real Estate Collaborative | Photo: Jane Messinger

A roundup of all upcoming WoodWorks events: 1. January 14 @1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET (online): Introduction to Wood: Structural Gravity Framing Design, presented by Erin Kinder, PE, SE, LEED AP, and Anthony Harvey, PE. 2. January 16 @1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET (online): Introduction to Wood: Structural Lateral Framing Design, presented by Matt Cloninger, PE, SE, and Mike Romanowski, SE. 3. March 25–27 in Portland, Oregon: International Mass Timber Conference, Oregon Convention Center. See all upcoming events ➡️ woodworks.org/events Photo: The Ivy Residences at Health Village by Charlan Brock Architects.

Designers: you have until January 25 to nominate your project for a 2025 Wood in Architecture Award. If you haven't already, start preparing your submission: https://lnkd.in/grhgXVnj Winners will be announced at the AIA Conference on Architecture & Design in Boston on June 5, 2025. Each project will be evaluated based on the following criteria: 1. Design Excellence 2. Innovative Use of Wood 3. Sustainability & Resilience 4. Market Impact Learn more about each criteria and other nomination requirements & policies here: https://lnkd.in/grhgXVnj Pictured: 2024 winner Founders Hall, Foster School of Business, University of Washington in Seattle, Washington | LMN Architects | Magnusson Klemencic Associates | Photo: Tim Griffith

How Innovative Wood Design is Redefining Educational Spaces. Three designers share about the use of wood in their award-winning educational projects. Abby Dacey with Mahlum Robert Smith with LMN Architects, and Lauren Piepho, HGA utilized wood in various ways to meet seismic design requirements, ambitious carbon reduction goals, and as a learning tool for the next generation. Watch the video to learn more: https://lnkd.in/esy8Gd6x Do you have an innovative mass timber, light-frame or hybrid wood project? Nominate it for a 2025 Wood in Architecture Award by 1/25/25. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/grhgXVnj

LAST CHANCE: Are you interested in or currently working with mass timber? TODAY is the last day to enter to win a free pass to the 2025 International Mass Timber Conference. Complete the survey here: https://lnkd.in/dsayYq6w IMTC is the world’s largest gathering of mass timber experts, focusing on the entire industry supply chain. Co-produced by WoodWorks and Trifecta Collective, IMTC helps you grow your business, connections, and knowledge of the latest mass timber products and applications, as well as opportunities in global design, construction, development, and manufacturing.

Designers: you have until January 25 to nominate your project for a 2025 Wood in Architecture Award. If you haven't already, start preparing your submission: https://lnkd.in/grhgXVnj FAQs Q: Does the project need to be fully completed (not in construction) to be nominated? A: Projects must be fully constructed (by 1/25/25) to meet the submission requirements, but not necessarily occupied. Q: Can we submit a project in more than one category? A: We are no longer segmenting the awards by building category so one submission is sufficient for each project. When completing a nomination, you’ll be prompted with a series of questions asking you to describe how your project meets each of the criteria. You can nominate as many qualifying projects as you wish. See all submission requirements and policies: https://lnkd.in/grhgXVnj Pictured: 2024 winner Lakeridge Middle School in Lake Oswego, Oregon. | Mahlum Architects | KPFF | Photo: Arthur Ross

FREE RESOURCE: How to Successfully Cost Manage a Mass Timber Project Get your copy: https://lnkd.in/d967urNJ A determining factor in the success of a mass timber project—and whether it goes forward at all—is the general contractor’s ability to provide informed cost estimates from the earliest stage of design. However, unlike other materials, there isn’t a hundred years of tradition and shared experience to guide budgeting, cost management, and competitive procurement, or readily available cost benchmarking. This paper is intended to bridge that gap with guidance for minimizing whole project costs and maximizing the value of mass timber projects. It has been written with an emphasis on cross-laminated timber (CLT) and glue-laminated timber (glulam), but applies generally to all mass timber materials. Topics are covered within a framework of key steps that can help you more confidently cost-plan your next wood building.

A guide to mass timber building insurance in the U.S. The Mass Timber Insurance Playbook – U.S. Edition (https://ow.ly/MF9k50Uq09o) gives developers, design/construction professionals, and insurers a comprehensive framework for working together to resolve challenges that impact the insurability of mass timber buildings, making it easier for teams to bring more of these projects to fruition. The playbook provides guidance for all parties on how to manage risk and secure adequate insurance coverage for both the construction and operation of mass timber buildings. The perspectives of the owner, lenders, architect, design team, builder, manufacturer, fabricator, and insurers are often different (and sometimes conflicting), resulting in contractual requirements, definitions, and actions that might seem unnecessary to some but must be understood and negotiated. Get your copy here: https://ow.ly/MF9k50Uq09o