Mass Timber Construction: Perceptions of an Emerging Methodology Among San Francisco Bay Area Construction Professionals

Clayton T Leonard; Cristian Gaedicke; F. Castronovo

Mass Timber Construction: Perceptions of an Emerging Methodology Among San Francisco Bay Area Construction Professionals

Clayton T Leonard, Cristian Gaedicke, F. Castronovo

School of Arch, Tech and Eng

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Abstract

This research project aims to assess the status of mass timber construction in the San Francisco Bay Area, based on the perspective of local building design and construction professionals. Local architects, engineers and construction management professionals were surveyed for their experiences with mass timber construction projects in the Bay Area, as well as for their opinions of mass timber construction in general. The survey finds that a vast majority of local building design and construction professionals have no experience using mass timber on construction projects, but that a majority of them have a somewhat favorable opinion of its use for many different building types, mostly up to mid-rise height. Just over one third of survey participants felt that their employer would be an early adopter in mass timber construction if code changes allowed for its use in taller structures.

Original language	English
Pages	401-408
Number of pages	8
Publication status	Published - Apr 2019
Event	Associated Schools of Construction Proceedings of the 55th Annual International Conference - Denver, United States Duration: 10 Apr 2019 → 13 Apr 2019 Conference number: 55th http://ascpro0.ascweb.org/archives/cd/2019/welcome.htm (The ASC International Proceedings of the Annual Conference provides a way of disseminating information that contribute to the understanding of the issues, problems, and research associated with the construction industry and construction education.)

Conference

Conference	Associated Schools of Construction Proceedings of the 55th Annual International Conference
Abbreviated title	ASC
Country/Territory	United States
City	Denver
Period	10/04/19 → 13/04/19
Internet address	http://ascpro0.ascweb.org/archives/cd/2019/welcome.htm (The ASC International Proceedings of the Annual Conference provides a way of disseminating information that contribute to the understanding of the issues, problems, and research associated with the construction industry and construction education.)

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First Copyright is held by The Associated Schools of Construction (ASC) http://www.ascweb.org/ . Original publication in the International Proceedings of the 55th Annual Conference of the ASC (April, 2019) .

Keywords

mass timber
wood construction
San Francisco Bay Area
sustainability
Green building

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Leonard, C. T., Gaedicke, C., & Castronovo, F. (2019). Mass Timber Construction: Perceptions of an Emerging Methodology Among San Francisco Bay Area Construction Professionals. 401-408. Paper presented at Associated Schools of Construction Proceedings of the 55th Annual International Conference, Denver, United States. http://ascpro0.ascweb.org/archives/cd/2019/paper/CPGT344002019.pdf

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Leonard, CT, Gaedicke, C & Castronovo, F 2019, 'Mass Timber Construction: Perceptions of an Emerging Methodology Among San Francisco Bay Area Construction Professionals', Paper presented at Associated Schools of Construction Proceedings of the 55th Annual International Conference, Denver, United States, 10/04/19 - 13/04/19 pp. 401-408. <http://ascpro0.ascweb.org/archives/cd/2019/paper/CPGT344002019.pdf>

Mass Timber Construction: Perceptions of an Emerging Methodology Among San Francisco Bay Area Construction Professionals. / Leonard, Clayton T; Gaedicke, Cristian; Castronovo, F.
2019. 401-408 Paper presented at Associated Schools of Construction Proceedings of the 55th Annual International Conference, Denver, United States.

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Mass Timber Construction: Perceptions of an Emerging Methodology Among San Francisco Bay Area Construction Professionals

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