Month: May 2026
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The Best Classroom Is the Building Itself
Last fall, Smith College opened Kathleen McCartney Hall — a 15,000-square-foot mass timber hub on its Frederick Law Olmsted–designed campus in Northampton, Massachusetts. Designed by TenBerke with structural engineering by Thornton Tomasetti, the building houses the college’s career development and leadership programs. It’s all-electric, net-zero ready, targeting LEED Gold, and tied into the campus geothermal […]
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Lumber Sales Take a Breath on Dual Long Weekends
The dual mid-May long weekends in Canada and the US provided a break for North America lumber sales. Top of everyone’s minds was delivery; freight charges and tight supply of trucks and rail cars. Conversations swirled about where was wood previously ordered in the supply chain, and what was the expected date of that arrival. […]
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