20 Mass Timber Construction Seattle Update

The bullitt center designed to last 250 years was the first mass timber commercial building constructed in seattle since the 1920s and is helping spark a renaissance of mass timber construction for taller wood buildings just beginning to emerge in 2013 when the building was completed.
Mass timber construction seattle. Pryde development is adding six additional stories to a mass timber development in seattle s capital hill neighborhood. Jon siu city of seattle department of construction inspections jon siu serves as the principal engineer and building official for the city of seattle s department of construction and inspections sdci a position he has held for the last 19 of the 35 years he has been with. More companies are recognizing the benefits of mass timber construction. He serves aia seattle as a co chair for the mass timber committee.
View the committee s accumulated best practices for moisture protection with mass timber. The site on first hill at 1422 seneca st is near broadway seattle university and medical campuses. The mass timber committee serves aia seattle s society vision. Join aia seattle s newly formed mass timber committee to discuss the recent code changes allowing timber construction for tall hyperurban buildings across seattle.
They found it would cost about the. Olt is seattle office design director of toronto based b h architects. In support of this dedication on february 11 2020 we hosted our first full day symposium in seattle wa to share our knowledge on mass timber building enclosure design and moisture management strategies. Changes in building code in the state of washington make possible what could be seattle s tallest mass timber building.
This panel wants you. He has lived in the seattle area for 20 years but grew. The catalyst building the first tall wood office building in washington state is home to eastern washington university. Mass timber is coming and this presentation will review the highly anticipated building code changes set to transform the building industry allowing timber construction for up to 18 stories.
All of these bridges prominently display mass timber in their design. View the slides from our 7 10 19 mass changes in mass timber event. A group of seattle developers and architects undertook the planning and design of the 12 story conceptual seattle mass timber tower as a speculative case study.