According to the National Low Income Housing Coalition, the U.S. faces a shortage of 7 million affordable homes and rentals. And the project team behind Timberview VIII, an eight-story, affordable housing development, believes our industry can help change that number by introducing a sustainable and innovative material option – mass timber. Next week, attendees of the International Mass Timber Conference in Portland will get a firsthand look at this milestone project; but you can check it out right now by clicking our feature short film, “The Good Project.” And be sure to check out our last video where DCI Principal, Shirley Chalupa, PE, SE, walked us through the engineering decisions behind Timberview VIII, along with our project partners’ channels for their individual takes on this amazing project. https://lnkd.in/gnmQachX The Timberview VIII Project Team: Owner - Curtis Rystadt Structural Engineers - DCI Engineers Architect - Access Architecture General Contractor - Truebeck Construction Mass Timber Installer - Carpentry Plus, Inc. Mass Timber Supplier - Kalesnikoff #DCIEngineers #TheGoodProject #MassTimber #PortlandMassTimber #AffordableHousing #TimberviewVIII #Portland #StructuralEngineering #StructuralEngineer #DCIMassTimber Ethan Martin Adam Jongeward, PE SE Justin Fenton Video editing by DCI's Communication Manager, Erin Spaulding.
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You can now watch the construction of our new academic building and athletic facilities in real time! D'Huy Engineering, Inc. has provided us with the live feed below, which updates every ten minutes. Click below to navigate to our website where you can follow links to the live feed and our Capital Campaign to find out how you can help!
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If you want to hear more about High Rise Mass Timber, check this out!
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