Building with mass timber
UVic’s newest student housing and dining buildings, Čeqʷəŋín ʔéʔləŋ and Sŋéqə ʔéʔləŋ, feature mass timber construction. Mass timber framing is made by taking large solid wood panels and gluing them together to create a solid structural product. It has lower emissions compared to steel or concrete, reducing the embodied carbon of a building. Sidney gives a tour of building one during construction.
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