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Event Series Living Labs

Construction management of mass timber buildings: A Living Labs Lecture

Building NW04, Room 1072 3700 Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby, BC, BC

The last few months have been an exciting time for construction on the Tall Timber Student Housing Project. Construction of the structural steel frame has been completed and work to install the mass timber assemblies is well underway. Building with prefabricated mass timber assemblies require careful coordination with subcontractors and consultants to ensure they can […]

Event Series Living Labs

Creating a Prefabricated Modular Envelope & Curtainwall system for BCITs Tall Timber Student Housing Building

Building NW04, Room 1072 3700 Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby, BC, BC

BCIT’s new student housing building makes use of prefabricated elements to allow for faster and more efficient construction. A key part of this is a specially designed prefabricated Modular Envelope (PME) & Curtainwall system that is installed onto the mass-timber assemblies. The core of this design is a factory-assembled modular exterior wall that will deliver […]

Event Series Living Labs

Designing a mass timber system for BCIT’s Tall Timber Student Housing

Building NW04, Room 1072 3700 Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby, BC, BC

BCIT’s new Tall Timber Student Housing is one of the largest buildings in the Lower Mainland to make use of mass timber assemblies. The design features a hybrid Cross Laminated Timber point-supported structure, consisting of mass timber (CLT) floors supported on steel HSS columns. Each CLT panel is prefabricated to exact specifications from multiple alternating […]