Name: An Owner’s POV: Why Wood Works
Start: 2020-11-17T12:00:00-05:00
End: 2020-11-17T13:00:00-05:00

December

13th

,

10:30pm

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11:30pm

EST

An Owner’s POV:
Why Wood Works

Mass timber is “trending” in design and construction. While there’s buzz around its sustainability and ability to streamline the building process, how much of this is just industry enthusiasm? And what can we learn from the experiences of selecting and delivering a mass timber building?

Join the San Francisco studio of Perkins&Will for an event sharing best practices from a few of our recent mass timber projects—from a large childcare center to a speculative office building to a marine science visitor center.

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August

11th

,

12:00pm

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1:00pm

CDT

An Owner’s POV:
Why Wood Works

Mass timber is “trending” in design and construction. While there’s buzz around its sustainability and ability to streamline the building process, how much of this is just industry enthusiasm? And what can we learn from the experiences of selecting and delivering a mass timber building?

Join the San Francisco studio of Perkins&Will for an event sharing best practices from a few of our recent mass timber projects—from a large childcare center to a speculative office building to a marine science visitor center.

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An Owner’s POV:
Why Wood Works

Thank you to everyone who was able to join the webinar. If you missed the event, the recording is available below. We’ve also created a summary document, available for download, which includes key takeaways along with some of the questions raised in the session—with answers from our experts.

Breathe Healthy

Once a perk, employee well-being is now an imperative. Key to ensuring a healthy workforce is mitigating the spread of airborne contaminants—and building mechanical systems play a vital role in this process. This session will explore strategies and best practices for improving indoor air quality.

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Download the presentation slides here.

What you'll learn

These case studies will be followed by a moderated discussion featuring representatives from Genentech, SKS Partners, and Swinerton, with whom we collectively have worked on several mass timber projects.

We'll discuss why they selected mass timber, the opportunities and challenges of being some of the first mass timber projects in the Bay Area, and ultimately, the benefits they have found in developing mass timber projects.

Key takeaways:

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How mass timber designs can meet aesthetic goals, as well as targets for sustainability and wellness

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Why the biophilic properties of mass timber benefit building occupants

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Why mass timber projects can be constructed more quickly and easily than traditionally designed projects

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Why mass timber is a good fit for education projects

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Lessons learned from the design of a multi-story CLT building

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Perspectives from a Developer, Owner, and Engineer-turned-Builder on why they lean towards mass timber

Speakers

Sarah Rege

Moderator
Principal

Perkins&Will

John Fisher

Senior Project Manager

SKS Partners

Dean Lewis

Project Manager

Swinerton Mass Timber

Carrie Strahan

Principal Project Manager, Site Services, Design and Construction

Genentech

Matt Covall

Senior Project Manager
Perkins&Will

Dalton Ho

Senior Sustainability Advisor
Perkins&Will

Sarah Knize

Project Manager

Perkins&Will

Well at Work Series

We hope you'll join us as we explore this topic and others in future events. Each session will engage experts in short information presentations with examples of how the strategies can be implemented, explored or questioned. Emails will be sent when registration opens.

Breathe Healthy

Once a perk, employee well-being is now an imperative. Key to ensuring a healthy workforce is mitigating the spread of airborne contaminants—and building mechanical systems play a vital role in this process. This session explored strategies and best practices for improving indoor air quality. If you missed the Breathe Healthy webcast you can watch the recording here.

Sound Off

This session explored the importance of acoustics as we re-occupy our office spaces, and solutions to consider for creating an environment that will allow for collaboration with fellow colleagues - on and off technology platforms – as well as offer quiet spaces for focus work. If you missed the Sound Off! webcast you can watch the recording here.

Can I Touch That Surface?

In the midst of a global pandemic, our concerns about cleanliness are at an all-time high. Many are aware of approved cleaning protocols, but new questions arise daily about antimicrobial products and UV light sterilization. As we become more aware of viral transmission, our instincts might encourage us to explore every strategy and product that will disinfect the surfaces we touch every day. This session identified best practices for ensuring that our shared office surfaces do not become a source for viral transmission, while encouraging caution in rapid adoption of untested products and procedures. If you missed the webcast you can watch the recording here.

Workplace Futures

This session explored new research, ideas, and strategies for our “next normal” workplace environments from across Perkins&Will’s studios. What’s next for the workplace? New ideas are proposed every day as our understanding of the pandemic shifts and expectations evolve. In the midst of a rapidly changing situation, we continue to believe that the workplace is a valuable tool for organizations. It provides a much-needed place to collaborate face-to-face, supports different employee workstyles, and acts as an anchor for corporate culture. But we recognize that our designs for physical offices must pivot to accommodate new behaviors and protocols brought on by the 2020 global health pandemic. If you missed the webcast you can watch the recording here.

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