Building Tours: Mass Timber Innovation at the University of Arkansas

This event will offer a unique behind the scenes look at two cutting-edge mass timber buildings on the University of Arkansas campus.

The Anthony Timberlands Center for Design and Materials Innovation is a new research center at the University’s Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design that will house studies on timber technologies. Designers of the four-story, 36,746-sf building utilized cross-laminated timber (CLT) and glulam—made from Austrian Red Spruce and Southern Yellow Pine—to create a fully wood-structured building.

The Institute for Integrative & Innovative Research (I3R) Building is an advanced technology laboratory that aims to improve human health, food, energy, and water infrastructures. Designers of the three-story, 144,000-sf building utilized a hybrid approach that combines CLT, glulam, and steel.

Attendees will tour both buildings with project team members, who will share their strategies for designing successful, code-compliant mass timber projects, including insight into design, detailing, and construction techniques. The tour format encourages questions and discussion, and attendees can expect to leave with insights on the project’s design, execution, and factors influencing material and detail selection.

PPE: PPE required. Please bring your own PPE (hard hat, safety vest, safety glasses, hard toed shoes). Limited amount of loaner PPE will be available.

Host: Jason Bahr, PE | WoodWorks

Location:

University of Arkansas campus

Champions Hall

811 W Dickson St.

Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701

Outdoor Plaza (inside lobby, if inclement weather)

Dickson @ Duncan

Parking at Harmon Garage

146 N. Harmon Ave.

For questions or additional information, please contact:

Jaime Krohn, CMP | [email protected] | (312) 841-8272

Top two images: Anthony Timberlands Center for Design and Materials Innovations at University of Arkansas / Rendering Picture Plane / Photo Modus Studio

Bottom image: The Institute for Integrative and Innovative Research (I3R) at University of Arkansas / Rendering Hufft

Host or Publisher WoodWorks