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

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 layers of dried lumber that are then pressed together, before being delivered to site for installation on the steel structure.  This prefabricated CLT panelized design speeds up construction and limits trade overlap on site.

The design is intended to allow an entire floor to be installed in one week.

Project Structural Engineers Fast+ Epp and Kalesnikoff, who are fabricating the mass timber panels in their vertically integrated facility in the Kootenays, will present on the process of creating a mass timber system for such a large building. This will look at the design challenges of using CLT in a multi-story building, as well as how the mass timber panels are integrated with steel HSS columns.

Presenters:

Jamie Pobre Sullivan: Associate Fast+ Epp

Enrique Gonzalez: Project Manager Kalesnikoff

There will be a virtual option to attend the lecture, posted here. So please only register for in person attendance.

https://bcit.zoom.us/j/66596945099?pwd=bUVrWGlwb3k2aVRrTVlDcFBoQjVDZz09