The replacement of the existing Highline High School including a renovation of a portion of the historic brick façade at the building's entry to become a gateway to the new 256,000-SF facility. The new building includes classrooms and dispersed laboratory spaces, athletic facilities, a full district production kitchen and new 400-seat theater.
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Georgia Institute of Technology
Kendeda Building for Innovative
Sustainable Design
Atlanta, GA
Kendeda Building of Sustainable Design was built with the goal to create the most environmentally advanced education and research facility in the Southeast. During this project Skanska took on the Living Building Challenge which requires crews to use renewable construction materials whenever possible. Skanska found a creative solution to meet this expectation at The Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design at Georgia Tech. The building includes a 170-person auditorium; classrooms; makers spaces; and an outdoor space with a green roof, native plants and an apiary. The project goal was to achieve a net-positive footprint for energy, water and waste with sustainable elements, such as composting toilets, solar roof panels, wetlands to naturally treat runoff, and salvaged features.
Beams and columns linear feet: 6,030
Roof and wall cubic feet: 29,525
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Cincinnati Public Radio,
New Headquarters
Cincinnati, OH
Cincinnati Public Radio's $20 million, 35,000-SF headquarters will include a performance and recording facility, production studios, podcast booths, studio vestibules, music library, control room and a guest green room. It features an open public plaza on the first floor; other spaces include executive and open offices, board room and meeting/training spaces.
The entire column and beam structure, second floor, roof structure, as well as a selection of interior shear walls and exterior perimeter walls will be made from Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT), an environmentally friendly, attractive and economical material.
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Portland International Airport (PDX)
Terminal Core Redevelopment
Portland, OR
A 860,000-SF modernization of PDX to ensure sufficient capacity for future passenger demand, world-class customer experience and airport flexibility. The project involves renovation and expansion of the terminal as well as a new terminal roof structure and reconstruction of Concourse B. The scope of work also includes seismic resiliency upgrades and replacement of aging systems and infrastructure.
This project helped implement Mass Plywood Panels (MPP), a brand-new product. A 9-acre roof with 80’ curved glulam beams was prefabricated onsite and lifted into position.
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Confidential Client
Redmond, WA
The development program proposes three million square feet of new construction spread over 16 new buildings on a 72-acre site. The predominant use is workspace with about 500,000 square feet set aside for amenities, services and other supporting uses. It will employ progressive approaches in green infrastructure with designed landscapes that are productive and functional and not merely cosmetic. The campus will be a bike-and-walk-only zone where intra-campus short hop transportation needs are served predominantly by pedestrian and bicycle linkages.
The various mass timber elements used are CLT, Nail Laminated Timber (NLT) and glulam.
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Vancouver Public Schools McLoughlin Middle and Marshall Elementary Schools
Vancouver, WA
The Vancouver Public Schools McLoughlin Middle and Marshall Elementary Schools’ project scope included demolition of the existing middle school, renovation of the elementary school and a new K-8 school. Each school has a designated wing with a central core to house administrative and shared functions for efficiency.
The project features a variety of unique structural components including exposed SOG concrete slabs, complicated exposed concrete tilt panels, steel HSS with wood framing and exposed Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) diaphragm supported by Glulam beams. CLT was analyzed in preconstruction for the Vancouver Public to provide substantial cost savings to the client. The benefits include a lightweight material that is strong and has superior acoustic, fire and seismic performance in addition to a lighter carbon footprint.
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University of Portland, Shiley-Marcos Center for Design & Innovation
Portland, OR
$34 million, 45,400-SF center for design and innovation to create a campus-wide resource for hands-on design thinking and making—including spaces for ideation, rapid prototyping, arts, capstone projects, industry partners and shops. The project is targeting LEED® Gold certification.
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Confidential University Client, Computer Science Hall
Princeton, NJ
Currently in preconstruction, the $150 million computer science hall is a historic renovation and new addition project. Slated for a computer research and teaching program, 97,000-SF will be gut renovated on an existing hall while a new 76,000-SF addition will be constructed. The final building will feature various academic functionalities, such as state-of-the-art research laboratories, lecture halls, classrooms, offices, workspaces, lounge spaces and more. An additional 50,000-SF shell space for future use is also part of the scope.
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University of Washington
Life Sciences Building
Seattle, WA
Designed to foster team-oriented science, the complex includes seven floors (two down/five up), a 187,000-SF research and teaching facility, and a 20,000-SF research greenhouse. The research floors feature an open floor plan and flexible, modular spaces, which can be adjusted to meet the evolving demands of biological teaching and research. The first floor has an active, open entry to the building at grade and includes four research/teaching laboratories. The upper four floors are modular in design consisting of ten research labs per floor with the procedural program on the north side, laboratories in the center and offices along the south bay. The two below-grade levels house growth chambers and research facilities.
For this project, our Skanska senior project manager and one of our senior project engineers joined the architect and the owner on a hike to a forest to hand pick ten old growth trees. The forest belonged to a University of Washington Biology professor who bought the forest with his wife to save a salmon creek.
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Lake Oswego School District Lakeridge Middle School
Lake Oswego, OR
A 138,000-SF phased replacement middle school project to accommodate 1,100 students. The first phase required demolition of the existing school, construction of temporary classrooms, restrooms and gymnasium. The second phase involved construction of the new school. In addition, the scope included new sitework, bus drop-off, parking and offsite improvements.
Seven specialty timber products were used including Whole Trees, parallel strand lumber (PSL), dowel laminated timbers (DLT), laminated veneer lumber (LVL), tongue and groove decking (T&G), glue laminated beams (GLB) and tapered GLBs.
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Bend Metro Parks and Recreation District New Administration Building
Bend, OR
The Bend Metro Parks and Recreation District, Administration Building serves as the centerpiece of the Bend riverfront park. The building utilizes both wood and steel framing members, exposed concrete floors and a blend of exterior finish systems. The building interiors include ‘interior” rain screen assembly, steel stairs with integral bamboo, bamboo frames and doors, custom eco friendly casework, eco friendly furniture, carpet, and several other high end finishes. The facility contains sustainable features, including radiant floor heating, eco-roof, daylight harvesting, and solar hot water. The facility attained LEED® Gold certification.
Project includes wood and glue laminated beam framing, and a metal clad wood window system.
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Vashon Island School District Vashon Island High School
Vashon Island, WA
A 78,683-SF high school with three science classrooms, 21 general classrooms, a fabrication shop, 250-seat performance hall and open commons and study areas. The project included utility relocations; new HVAC; and site improvements, such as pavement, new exterior lighting, updated parking lots, new concrete plazas, a rain garden and expanded septic drain field.
As a two story primary wood framed building, it is a mostly exposed structure using glulam beams, wood framed walls, structural insulated panels (SIP) for the roof, four by six tongue and groove structural floor decking (car decking) and metal web wood joists.
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Tahoma High School and
Regional Learning Center
Maple Valley, WA
A 325,000-SF integrated high school and regional learning center for 2,400 students in grades 9-12. Work also encompassed the creation of classrooms, breakout areas, a variety of lab and shop spaces, sports fields and parking.
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Washington State University PACCAR Environmental
Technology Building
Pullman, WA
The 96,000-SF five-story engineering research building was built to foster collaboration and interdisciplinary interaction across departments. To achieve this goal, the university’s program included the creation of flexible laboratories for sustainable and renewable materials, atmospheric research, water quality, and support spaces, requiring tightly controlled environments and structural testing capabilities.
The western portion of the building is framed in engineered wood products including cross-laminated timber (CLT), as well as glue-laminated timber and laminated-veneer lumber. The facility attained LEED® Gold certification.
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City of Beaverton
Public Safety Center
Beaverton, OR
Skanska provided preconstruction and construction services for this 72,000-SF, three-story public safety center for the Beaverton Police Department and Emergency Management Operations. This new structural steel framed building will have open office spaces, conference and multi-purpose rooms as well as storage rooms for various departments.
The facility is a hybrid structure with steel frame and cross-laminated timber (CLT) decking and patio. This building was constructed to be earthquake resistant and at higher-than-standard seismic resiliency.
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The project includes the renovation and expansion of a top University Gymnasium, which was originally built in the 1940s. The renovated and expanded facility will support the growing need for campus recreation and wellness, and offer easier access for disabled students and/or staff.
For Phase 1 of this project, the existing wood walls from the squash courts were reclaimed and reused to create the tabletops for harvest tables and ottomans. The reclaimed wood was carefully denailed and reglued by The Challenge Program, based in Wilmington, Delaware. The steel bases for these pieces were fabricated by our miscellaneous metal subcontractor and provided to The Challenge Program for final assembly. The Challenge Program’s mission is to provide vocational training to Delaware’s youth, empowering them with the confidence, skills, and purpose needed to become productive members of society. Additionally, to support The Challenge Program’s mission, excess wood was donated by Skanska to help inner-city youth learn the trade.
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This project is a multi-year transformation program of MARTA’s Five Points Station to reconstruct the plaza levels (one street level and 3 underground levels), including a new canopy, improved wayfinding, and public spaces with the least amount of risk to MARTA and its patrons. Exterior improvements include a community garden, pedestrian grove, playfield and terraced seating area, creating a new and inviting urban space above the station.
New 32,000-SF mass timber canopy over the entire station, which combined with a 10,000-SF skylight, reduces significantly the need to rely on lighting or air conditioning.
Skanska provided preconstruction and construction management services on the 18,500-SF two-story office building that connects Middle Tennessee's leading charities to funding and nonprofit support. The new office building is located on a six-acre brownfield site with 52 parking spaces. The project includes a two-story main office which consists of meeting spaces offices and a reception area.
The project features Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) as the basis of design for the wall, floor, roof panels, glulam beams columns and stairs.
Skanska built this 36,978-SF fully certified Living Building Challenge v3.1 project on the Georgia Institute of Technology campus. This project is a sustainability-focused facility supporting Georgia Tech's overarching goal to demonstrate a viable net-positive "urban" sustainable building in the Southeast. The facility, designed by the team of Lord Aeck Sargent and the Miller Hull Partnership, supports a dynamic education experience, a robust research platform and a public forum for community outreach.
The design included panels made of nail-laminated timber decking built from alternating lengths of lumber—2x4” and 2x6”—to make an eye-catching pattern. Skanska recovered 25,000 linear feet of 2x4s from old movie sets and used them to these panels, fulfilling the renewable materials requirement and saved money for our customer.
A hub for innovation, exploration and ideation, Shiley-Marcos Center for Design and Innovation emerges as a model of inspiration to cultivate invention and discovery in academia and to create industry collaborations. The project is targeting LEED® Gold certification.
The University has been an early adopter and pioneer of mass timber, and the Shiley-Marcos Center for Design & Innovation is among the first structures on campus to use cross-laminated timber (CLT). The Center’s roof comprises 38 CLT panels sourced from British Columbia, Canada, which required heavy coordination between trades to integrate it with the desired finished look. Legend Custom Woodworking was enlisted to fill in gaps of penetrating steel structure using species, grain and color-matched wood sourced from the same forest to infill the CLT panel penetrations. To the naked eye, it is nearly impossible to notice the meticulously hand-cut inlays that have been added.
Skanska’s approach to mass timber construction is an exercise in thoughtfulness, creativity, diligent planning and waste control. Mass timber is advertised as faster or cheaper than other construction techniques. In our experience, significant early coordination is required to achieve these benefits. By coordinating closely with designers and suppliers early in the project, we can proactively reduce and eliminate production and installation delays.
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The new headquarters includes a performance and recording facility, production studios, podcast booths open to the public, studio vestibules, music library, control room and a guest green room. It features an open public plaza, executive and open offices, board room and meeting/training spaces.
The entire column and beam structure, second floor, roof structure, as well as a selection of interior shear walls and exterior perimeter walls is made from Cross Laminated Timber (CLT).
The Terminal Core is one of the largest building construction projects in the region’s history, intending to serve a passenger load of over 34 million taking off per year. The 9-acre plywood and glulam canopy with striking skylights sits atop 34 Y-shaped columns, which hold the 18-million-lb roof in place.
The mass timber roof saves approximately 3 million kgCO2e of carbon emissions, including biogenic carbon*, compared to a typical steel roof.
* Biogenic carbon is carbon absorbed from the atmosphere by plants through photosynthesis.
A two-story world-class cancer center that will include a linear accelerator to provide radiation oncology treatments, along with space for chemotherapy treatments, nutrition, massage, acupuncture and other support services. It will also include space for additional outpatient services and medical office building needs.
[Project description] Skanska is provided preconstruction and construction management services on the 18,500-SF two-story office building that connects Middle Tennessee's leading charities to funding and nonprofit support. The new office building is located on a six-acre brownfield site with 52 parking spaces. The project includes a two-story main office which consists of meeting spaces offices and a reception area.
The project features Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) as the basis of design for the wall, floor, roof panels, glulam beams columns and stairs.
This project included a 541,000-SF, 25-story, Class A+ office tower with a roof deck and 11,000-SF of ground-level retail with a standalone pavilion. The inviting plaza features native Pacific Northwest landscaping and is connected to the ground-level common space by operable walls creating an indoor/outdoor space for tenants and the public. The Eight is WiredScore Platinum and Salmon-Safe certified. The project is targeting LEED v4 Platinum certification, SmartScore and Fitwel certifications, and 30 percent embodied carbon reduction from the EC3 baseline.
The plaza and retail along NE 8th, including a stand-alone mass-timber pavilion, provides space to celebrate walk-and-talks that solve problems, build relationships, and foster new ways of thinking.
This project included a three-story public safety center for the Beaverton Police Department and Emergency Management Operations. This hybrid structure is steel frame with Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) decking and was one of Skanska’s first CLT structures in the US. The building serves as a public safety center for the city and requirements for seismic and resiliency are higher than standard.
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Skanska is managing construction for Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a leading biomedical research campus. Our team is concurrently working on several sub-projects within the phased campus master plan: fitting out neuroscience labs, research housing and conference centers, an AI and Quantitative Biology Research Building, and a new parking garage with utility relocations.
A five-story, 96,000-SF engineering research building designed to foster collaboration and interdisciplinary interaction across departments. The project included flexible laboratories with support spaces, environmental control areas, a rooftop research terrace, collaborative spaces, conference rooms and offices. The project is LEED® Gold certified.
The western portion of the building is framed in engineered wood products including cross-laminated timber (CLT), as well as glue-laminated timber and laminated-veneer lumber.
This project included an academic and physical education building with a gymnasium—purpose-designed to support ASL/bilingual education—will transform the campus and serve as the new “front door” to the community. Scope included site improvements, parking, a new school entrance and landscaping. CDHY’s commitment to sustainable design and innovative mass timber construction creates an inclusive and inspiring environment for students.
The hall incorporates glue-laminated (glulam) timber for columns and beams, while the roof structure and floors utilize three-ply cross-laminated (CLT) timber. The team wanted the fiber in the CLT to match the columns and beams and therefore, all timber is of Douglas fir. The connections were also designed to accommodate various depth beams while still limiting the overall depth and size of the glulam column structurally required.
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Portland International Airport (PDX), Terminal Core Redevelopment
Washington School for the Deaf, Divine Academic and Hunter Gymnasium
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Master Plan
Class of 1986 Fitness and Wellness Center, Princeton University
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Atlanta, GA
Portland International Airport (PDX)
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Portland, OR
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Nashville, TN
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Vashon Island, WA
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Princeton, NJ
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Beaverton, OR
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Bend, OR
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Pullman, WA
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Vancouver, WA
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Burien, WA
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Redmond, WA
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Mass timber has many potential benefits. Each project is unique and needs a trusted partner experienced in its intricacies. Skanska assists design teams in prioritizing and maximizing value.
Aesthetics
Mass timber may be left unfinished—a purposeful choice that adds a rustic, natural and even streamlined look, while eliminating added costs such as wall finishes. The aesthetic nature of wood allows for unique architectural designs to stand out in building interiors and exteriors.
Flexibility
Wood isn’t the answer for every structural design, especially below grade or complex geometries. But the wide array of engineered wood products provides a broad palette of ways to incorporate mass timber into most every project.
Fire Resistance
Despite being made of a combustible material, mass timber projects are engineered to be fire resistant to 1-hr and 2-hr ratings identical to steel and concrete. A natural char layer develops that protects the remaining wood from damage.
Sustainability
Building with mass timber—when compared to concrete or steel—reduces a structure’s carbon footprint because wood is a lower carbon material. Additionally, mass timber is a renewable resource that can be sourced locally from sustainably managed forests, reducing vehicle miles traveled.
Construction Time
It’s much safer, quicker and cost effective to have any openings or notches cut in the controlled factory environment than performing the work onsite. With field cutting eliminated, further work simply requires mechanical, electrical and plumbing subcontractors on site to place the ducting, electrical cables and other items.
Speed to Market
Using mass timber in buildings can speed up the construction schedule because it requires less labor, equipment and tools on the jobsite. The wood can be detailed, designed and prefabricated in an offsite shop, so when it’s delivered to the site, workers are simply linking pieces together.
Weather
Like most construction materials, mass timber requires protection from the elements prior to the building being enclosed. With a water mitigation plan, moisture testing and proper paints and sealants, it can be installed in any season. Light sanding or pressure washing will put the final touch on any exposed elements.
Mass timber is seismically sound and resilient, it is cost-effective, and it is one of the most sustainable and easily replenished materials to utilize.
Mass timber can be sourced locally from sustainably managed forests, reducing vehicle miles traveled. A shorter transportation route reduces carbon emissions.
Skanska has a Target of Net-Zero Carbon by 2045
The forestry and timber industry is a key part of our environmental and industrial heritage and a vital part of our low-carbon future.
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Building with mass timber, when compared to concrete or steel, typically reduces a structure’s carbon footprint due to its natural carbon sequestration. Additionally, mass timber is a renewable resource that can be sourced locally from sustainably managed forests, reducing vehicle miles traveled.
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We recognize that we are accountable to future generations and we help sustainably shape our communities where we live and work.
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About Mass Timber
Mass timber is a term that describes a structural framing system of solid heavy timber or engineered wood used for wall, ceiling or roof panels.
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Mass Plywood Panels
Dowel Laminated Timber
Nail Laminated Timber
Glue Laminated Timber
Cross Laminated Timber
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Mass Plywood Panels
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Nail Laminated Timber
A panel made of nominal lumber (2”x 6” or similar) stacked on edge and fastened together with a wooden rod. Panels are typically 4’ wide by 18’ to 24’ long.
A panel made from layers of laminated stock in which each layer is placed perpendicular to the adjacent layer. Panels are made in the Pacific NW and the SE United States and have a longer history in Canada and Europe. Dimensions are: 6’ wide by 24’ to 36’ in length. Thicknesses range from 3.5” to 12”.
A large-format plywood product that is made from laying up multiple 1” plywood sheets to form panels that can be 12’ wide and 48’ long and up to 2’ thick. About 10 percent stronger than cross laminated timber (CLT) panels at the same thickness typically at a lower cost and less waste.
Glue Laminated Timber (glulam) is composed of dimension lumber pieces bonded together with durable, moisture-resistant adhesives. The grain of all laminations runs parallel with the length of member.
A panel made of nominal lumber like dowel laminated timber (DLT), but each board is nailed to the adjacent one. Panels are typically 4’ wide by 18’ to 24’ long. This is the only panel that can be fabricated on site.
Benefits of Mass Timber
Mass timber buildings can deliver major benefits in both sustainability and user experience. Below are the major benefits of mass timber.
Detailed Benefits of Mass Timber
Mass timber buildings can deliver major benefits in both sustainability and user experience. Below are the major benefits of mass timber.
Speed to Market
Speed to Market
Fire Resistance
Using mass timber in buildings can speed up the construction schedule because it requires less labor, equipment and tools on the jobsite. The wood can be detailed, designed and prefabricated in an offsite shop, so when it’s delivered to the site, workers are simply linking pieces together.
A vital part of our low-carbon future
Speed to Market
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Fire Resistance
Enhanced Safety
Sustainability
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Building with mass timber, when compared to concrete or steel, typically reduces a structure’s carbon footprint due to its natural carbon sequestration. Additionally, mass timber is a renewable resource that can be sourced locally from sustainably managed forests, reducing vehicle miles traveled.
Enhanced Safety
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Detailed Benefits of Mass Timber
Listen to our experts discuss mass timber construction on Skanska's Shaping Sustainable Places podcast.
Over the next ten years, approximately 80 to 90 percent of the carbon emitted from new construction will be embodied carbon—the emissions associated with building construction, including extracting, transporting and manufacturing materials.
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Harvesting trees for use in mass timber helps preserve forests by reducing the risk of catastrophic wildfires.
A study at the University of Washington found that mass timber resulted in a 26.5 percent reduction in global warming potential.
