Moving Forward with Mass Timber Buildings
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HITT Co|Lab
2757 Hartland Road Falls Church, Virginia 22043Description
Moving Forward with Mass Timber Buildings
A lecture and case study tour of the first modern commercial structural mass timber building in Northern Virginia
October 3 from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm
HITT Co|Lab at 2757 Hartland Road, Falls Church, VA 22043
Join the George Mason Center for Real Estate Entrepreneurship and the HITT Contracting for a mass timber lecture and case study tour of Co Lab on a case study tour of Co|Lab, HITT's Innovation Lab and the first structural mass timber building in Virginia.
David Barber will be our guest lecturer on the properties, applications, and industry trends in the use of modern structural mass timber. He is a Principal with multi-disciplinary engineering firm Arup, where he specializes in the fire safety of mass timber buildings. For over 20 years David has assisted with fire testing, developing new timber technologies, authoring fire safety design guides for construction, working with wood product suppliers and completing fire safety solutions for mid-rise and high-rise timber buildings. David assists Arup in developing a US based team that works with researchers, architects and developers in the fire safety of timber structures.
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The Center for Real Estate Entrepreneurship strives to advance real estate research and education in real estate development and finance through high-quality research, educational programs, and community outreach. The Center acts as a catalyst between the George Mason University Master of Science in Real Estate Development and the real estate industry.