What Oregon’s mass timber sector hasachieved so far.

Panel 1Where are we now?

Timm Locke

Director of Forest Products

Oregon Forest Resources Institute

Panel 1 Overview

Presenters & Topics

• Ethan Martin, WoodWorks - Wood Products Council: Buildings built, permitted or proposed

• Terry Whitehill, Portland Bureau of Development Services: Policies; code development by state and city authorities

• Valerie Johnson, DR Johnson / Riddle Laminators and

• Kyle Freres, Freres Lumber: Perspectives from manufacturers; what can further stimulate and support growth of the sector in Oregon?

Panel 1 Overview Continued

Presenters & Topics

• Terry Whitehill, Portland Bureau of Development Services: Policies; code development by state and city authorities

• Valerie Johnson, DR Johnson and

• Kyle Freres, Freres Lumber: Perspectives from manufacturers; what can further stimulate and support growth of the sector in Oregon?

Oregon’s mass timber journey

• Began in earnest in 2012 when Governor Kitzhaber issued Executive Order No. 12-16

• Architect Michael Greene spoke at the Oregon Leadership Summit

• D.R. Johnson started making CLT

• National Center for Advanced Wood Products Manufacturing and Design (now TDI)

• CLT projects at Oregon Zoo, Albina Yard, etc.

Oregon’s mass timber journey

• We now boast two of the four mass timber panel plants in the U.S. to hold PRG 320 certification

• Carbon12 is the tallest CLT building in the U.S.

• First Tech Federal Credit Union is the current largest in the U.S.

• International Mass Timber Conference has made Portland its home four years running

• Oregon is the first state to have adopted the Tall Wood Code provisions recently passed by the ICC

Success breeds success

• Demand is growing

• Buzz is leading to activity – currently 10 active mass timber panel facilities in North America

• Four more under construction and four others announced

• California recently announced $500,000 mass timber building design competition

• Washington has voted to adopt Tall Wood Codes, California not far behind

Potential Market Size

• Beck Group study conducted for Council of Western State Foresters

• Used a 2013 FP Innovations analysis of the potential market for mass timber, combined with a Forterra analysis of the potential demand in the Pacific Northwest to estimate what the western U.S. might consume.

• Estimated the market for CLT in 17 western states combined to be 9.1 million cubic feet; projected to double by 2025 (per Forterra)

Potential Market Size

• 9.1 million cubic feet represents only about 50 buildings the size of the First Tech project which is currently the largest in the U.S.

• There are several other projects on the drawing boards that are bigger than the First Tech project– some 3x as big.

• There are literally dozens of mass timber projects already built, under construction or in design phase throughout the western U.S.

• It’s only 2019

Changing the conversation

• New York Times 01/01/19: Log Cabins? No, These Wooden Buildings Are High Rises

• “Trees are also an easily renewable resource…”

• “The creation of lumber is a relatively low-pollution process…”

• http://bit.ly/wood2019

• The Economist 01/05/19: Why more buildings should be made of wood

• “[Zero carbon standards] are less green than they seems… [they] only count the emissions from running a building, not those belched out when when it was made. Those are thought to account for between 30% and 60% of the total over a structure’s lifetime.”

• “Governments can help nudge the [building] industry to use more wood, particularly the public sector—the construction industry’s biggest client.”

• http://bit.ly/01052019

Thank you!

Timm Locke

Director of Forest Products

Oregon Forest Resources Institute

Ethan Martin, PE

ethan@woodworks.org

toll free 855.USE.WOOD (873.9663)

cell 206.678.2086

Buildings built, permitted or proposed

Mass timber productshorizontal framing

Cross-Laminated Timber

(CLT)

Nail-Laminated Timber

(NLT)

Glu-Laminated Timber (GLT)

Tongue & groove

decking (T&G)

Image source: structurecraft

Structural composite LumberTimber concrete composite

Cross-laminated timber (CLT)

Photo Credit: Sissi Slotover-Smutny

Prefabrication

• Finished panels are planed,

sanded, cut to size. Then

openings are cut with precise

CNC routers.

• Third party inspection at factory

• Custom engineered for material

efficiency

• Custom designed for project

• Each panel numbered, delivered

& installed in predetermined

sequence

Mass timber designconnections

Panel to beam connections

Photo Credit: myticon

Erection process is quick & efficient due to low weight, large, prefabricated members.

Mass timber

productsconstruction

Image Credit: Lend Lease

Candlewood suitesRedstone arsenal, al

Candlewood suitesRedstone arsenal, al

Image Credit: Lend Lease & schaefer

• 62,600 sf, 4 story hotel, 92 private rooms• CLT utilized for walls, roof panels, and floor

panels• 1,557 CLT Panels; Typical floor panel is 8’x50’

& weighs 8,000 lbs• Completed Late 2015

Franklin elementary schoolFranklin, wv

Franklin elementary

schoolFranklin, wv

• 45,200 sf, 2 story school

• CLT utilized for walls, roof panels, and floor panels

• CLT chosen for its construction schedule benefits

• Completed January 2015

Photo Credit: Pam Wean, MSES Architects

Franklin elementary schoolFranklin, wv

Photo Credit: Pam Wean, MSES Architects

Clay creativePortland, or

Image Credit: Next Portland

Clay

creativePortland, or

5 stories

mostly office, some retail and amenity

72,000 sf

Image Credit: Next Portland

Clay creativePortland, or

“This is a terrific building that echoes the historic character of the workspaces in the Central Eastside,

but takes it a step further with this incredible wood construction.”

Portland Metro Councilor Bob Stacey

BROCK

COMMO

NSVANCOUVER, BC

17 stories of timber installation

Started June 6, 2016

Finished August 10, 2016

Photo Credit: Ethan Martin

OWNER: University of British ColumbiaARCHITECT: Acton Ostry ArchitectsENGINEER: Fast + Epp

BROCK

COMMONSVANCOUVER, BC

20-stories Business Occupancy - 270’ in height

18-stories Residential Occupancy -270’ in height

Opportunities• Fully encapsulated – 3-hour fire ratings for primary, 2-hour

ratings floor/ceiling

• Non-combustible exterior cladding

• Super high-rise sprinkler requirements – 2 water mains serving

building or valved water main

• Speed of construction

o 3-6 months out of construction schedule

o Reduces loan interest, construction insurance

o Increases return on investment for developer

BROCK COMMONS

Photo Credit: Ethan Martin

VANCOUVER, BC

Tall Wood Winner – Framework - Portland, OR

Framework: An Urban + Rural Ecology

Location: Pearl District, Portland, OR Height: 130’ / 12 stories Total Building Area: 90,000 square feet Building Uses: Ground floor retail; 5 office

floors; 5 apartment floors; Rooftop amenity Materials: Cross laminated timber floors and

lateral force resisting system; Glue laminated beams and columns

Projected Start Date: October 2018OWNER: Beneficial State BancorpARCHITECT: LEVER Architecture ENGINEER: KPFF

Source: reThinkWood

• 12-stories Business and Residential Occupancy’ triggers super high-rise requirements – 2 water mains serving building or valved water main

20% exposure ceiling, 40% exposure wall with caveat that there must be 15’ separation and unity equation for total exposure per fire area/unit

• OpportunitiesMostly encapsulated – 2-hour fire ratings for primary,

2-hour ratings floor/ceilingNon-combustible exterior cladding3 months out of construction schedule

Innovator – Carbon 12 – Portland, OR

Carbon 12: Environementally Progressive + Seismically Prepared

Location: Williams District, Portland, OR Height: 85’ / 8 stories Total Building Area: 36,000 square feet Building Uses: Ground floor retail; 7 condo

floors Materials: Cross laminated timber floors,

buckling restrained brace lateral force resisting system; Glue laminated beams and columns

Completion Date: January 2018

OWNER: Kaiser DevelopmentARCHITECT: Path ArchitectureENGINEER: Munzing Engineering Source: Path Architecture

Photo Credit: Path Architecture

• 9-stories Business and Residential

Occupancy

85’ in height – lowest point of access

Fully exposed

• Opportunities

Non-combustible exterior cladding

No gypcrete/concrete topping required

2-3 months out of construction schedule

Carbon 12Portland, OR

Photo Credit: Path Architecture

Ethan Martinethan@woodworks.org

Thank you!

Code Development

by National, State and City Authorities

Terry Whitehill

International Code Council (ICC)

IBC Code Adoption Process

• The ICC established the Ad Hoc Committee on Tall Wood Building (TWB) first meeting July 2016

• Committee Action Hearing April 2018

• Public Comment Hearing October 2018

• Online Governmental Consensus Vote December 2018

• New Edition Published 2021

OSSC Adoption Process

• Code Review Committee (CRC) 2018

Used the 2018 IBC as the base model

Accepted proposal to adopt the 2021 IBC proposals for

TWB

• Building Codes Structures Board Review approved CRC

proposals for TWB November 2019

• New 2019 OSSC goes into effect on 10/1/1/2019

Statewide Alternate Method

• Statewide Alternate Method, No. 18-01 Tall Wood

Buildings as of August 2018. This allows the use of the

Tall Wood code requirements today in the State of

Oregon. https://www.oregon.gov/bcd/codes-

stand/Documents/sam-18-01-tallwoodbldgs.pdf

New Types of Construction Type IV A

• Permitted to achieve 18 stories and 270’ in building height,

for certain Occupancies or uses

• Automatic sprinkler system

• 3-hour fire-resistance-rated primary structural frame elements

and bearing walls, 2- hour fire-resistance-rated floors

• No exposed timber surfaces

New Types of Construction Type IV B

• Permitted to achieve 12 stories and 180’ in building height,

for certain Occupancies or uses

• Automatic sprinkler system

• 2-hour fire-resistance-rated primary structural frame elements

and bearing walls, 2- hour fire-resistance-rated floors

• A calculated percentage of exposed timber surfaces

New Types of ConstructionType IV C

• Permitted to achieve 9 stories and 85’ in building height, for

certain Occupancies or uses

• Automatic sprinkler system

• 2-hour fire-resistance-rated primary structural frame elements

and bearing walls, 2- hour fire-resistance-rated floors

• Exposed timber surfaces are permitted

Portland’s Alternate Methods Process

• Portland would also allow an applicant to propose alterations to the code through our Building Code Appeals process for alternative material, design and methods of construction. This requires the applicant to show that the proposed design is satisfactory and complies with the intent of the provisions of this code. This may require research reports, and or testing. https://www.portlandoregon.gov/bds/34196

Thank you!

Terry Whitehill

Terry.Whitehill@portlandoregon.gov

Valerie Johnson

&

Kyle Freres

Manufacturer’s Perspective

Valerie Johnson

&

Kyle Freres

Thank you!

DR JOHNSON WOOD

INNOVATIONS

The Rapid Evolution of Mass

Timber Construction

Est. 1951

CLT Manufacturing/Fabrication Building

Installing Cross Laminated Timber (CLT)

FIRE TESTINGASTM E119 TEST

2-Hour Rating Achieved

ASTM E84 TEST

Class “A” Flame Spread Rating

achieved

BLAST TESTING“Stand-Off ” Rating

For use in

Government/Military

Project Applications

WOOD PRODUCTS SUPPLIER TO CONSTRUCTION PARTNER

• Architects/ Engineers/ Developers- Pre Construction

PROJECT TEAM COLLABORATION

• Provide Budgetary Cost

Estimates at each Stage of Design

• Review Plan Sets at Various

Stages of Design

• Building Department Review/

Product Testing

• Attend Project Design Meetings

CLT – Shop Drawings

Mass Timber Project Requirements

• Contracts

• Delivery Schedules

• Payment Schedules

• Procurement

• Modeling

• Shop Drawings

• Submittals

• Fabrication

3-D Modeling

CLT Panels Fabricated To Fit Precisely Upon Arrival

DR Johnson CLT Projects to Date

• Block 76 – Portland, OR

• Albina Yard – Portland, OR

• Crater Iron Works – Ashland, OR

• District Office – Portland, OR

• NW 28th – Portland, OR

• Multiple Residences – OR, WA, NY, BC

• The Nature Conservancy – Portland, OR

• Old Stove Brewery – Seattle, WA

• Redmond Town Center – Redmond, WA

• MVEF Admin Building – Truckee, CA

• SRG Office – Portland, OR

• Whitcomb Elementary – Beaverton, OR

• Western Oregon University - Monmouth, OR

• Compo Beach Pavilion - Connecticut

• Vogel Elementary – Happy Valley, OR

• Oregon State University – Corvallis, OR

• Bay Area Project – CA

• Sonoma Academy - Santa Rosa, CA

CLT - Benefits

• Renewable Resource

• Sequesters CO2

• Flexible Design

• Fast Installation

• Fire & Seismic Performance

Mass Timber Construction

The Buildings of the Future

• Recent ICC Code changes for 2021 are HUGE!

• Commodity Production will come – over time.

• Identical jobs currently do not exist now

• Shortage of mass timber fabricators to prefabricate material

• Architect and Engineering Professionals are catching up

About Us

Manufacturer specializing in the production of

veneer-based wood products. Operations include:

• Two Veneer plants

• Veneer Drying Facility

• Plywood Plant

• Cogeneration Facility

• Stud mill

• Fleet of Log and Highway Trucks

• Mass Plywood Panel (MPP) Facility By Rick Keating

Mass Timber

Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) Mass Plywood Panel (MPP)

Glulam Beams

Dowell Laminated Timber

Parallel Strand Lumber

Nail Laminated Timber

Benefits of • Primary difference is that MPP is veneer based, while CLT is lumber

based.

• Efficient recovery of veneer from raw material.

• Utilizes small diameter timber.

• Stronger than CLT with the same cross section- requires about 20%

less wood!

• Each layer is 1” thick, and is made up of 9 ply’s of veneer.

Tremendous flexibility!

• Not restricted by an odd-ply layup. Cross-dimensional support built

into every 1” layer.

Where We Stand Today…

• Can produce panels up to 12’ wide and 48’ long.

• Employ 12 people at our MPP facility and over 460 people company-

wide.

• Certified through the APA for layups from 2” up to 12”. Working on

additional certifications.

• Have passed the E119 2-hour fire test on an unprotected floor

assembly with 6” product.

• We have successfully deployed our panels in a variety of projects.

• MPP is quoted in projects throughout the country.

Where We Intend to Be…• Equipment specified to increase maximum product

length from 48’ to 60’.

• Designing equipment to cut product up to 24” in

depth for beam and column processing.

• We will be able to produce and provide every

structural element to a building!

• Will increase production to target plant capacity of 1.5

million cubic ft per year.

We Believe in Mass Timber

Our EnvironmentEnergy

• Less energy used in its production than other building products

• Our cogeneration facility supplies more electricity to the grid than all of our facilities use- combined!

Carbon

• 1 ton of concrete produces 8 times more CO2 according to EPA. Contributes 6% of the world’s carbon emissions. (Economist)

• 1 ton of steel produces 21 times the CO2. Contributes 8% of the world’s carbon emissions. (Economist)

• Mass Timber Sequesters Carbon in the building structure

Transportation- Lighter

• Fewer truckloads shipped to the job site

• Less congestion

Waste

• Pre-manufactured panels reduce trim and

waste.

• Wood is reusable, recyclable, and at the

end of its life can be used to generate

electricity.

Forest Health

• MPP utilizes small-diameter logs.

• Allows for proactive reduction of fuel

loads through selective thinning.

Mass Timber is Good For…

Our Communities

• Wood Products industry contributes $12 billion annually to the state and employs over 61,000 people.

• Might be just the beginning…

• New long-term capital investment is required.

• Transfer labor from the project site to the factory floor-creating jobs in rural Oregon.

• Due to its resources and manufacturing infrastructure, Oregon can become the epicenter for the green building product of the future.

• Quicker implementation time- More Units

• Lower rents.

• More affordable housing.

Mass Timber is Good For…

OREGON

• Improve Forest Health.

• Reduce Fires

• Encourage wise use of tremendous resource.

• Use a sustainable and more environmentally friendly building material.

• Utilize a unique and superior natural resource- Douglas Fir!

• Create more high-paying, rural jobs and increased economic activity.

Mass Timber is Good For…

Thank You

Moderator: Tricia Clemens

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The Opportunity for Oregon