Mass Timber
Conscience meets creativity
Mass timber buildings blur the lines between structure and finish while elevating environmental responsibility. A well-executed timber building requires a design team that can operate seamlessly across disciplines. By engaging our structural engineers early in the design process, our teams identify beautiful, cost-effective structural systems that also lower the project’s embodied carbon. HGA’s mass timber experts help our clients quickly determine if mass timber is a viable solution and strategize how to execute that vision successfully.
Minimizing Environmental Impact
We believe in integrating sustainable design into all our projects to lower operational costs, consider long-term durability, create healthy learning and working environments, and minimize impact on the environment. Architecture 2030 reports that just three materials used frequently in structural and architectural systems — concrete, steel, and aluminum — account for 23% of annual global carbon emissions. Less intensive carbon alternatives, like mass timber, provide a viable structural solution while carrying embodied carbon advantages. Our process includes early modeling to understand how structural system selection can impact carbon emissions. In addition to the superior sustainability characteristic that wood products offer, mass timber buildings also offer accelerated construction schedules, an improved environment for occupants, and aesthetic and architectural design advantages.
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