Mass Timber in the Marketplace


Washington, DC

Is Mass Timber construction the answer to creating the most sustainable, carbon-friendly buildings possible? If so, what are the cost implications for owners, developers and builders looking to be environmentally conscience? With the advent of large-scale Mass Timber structures brought on by the incorporation of significant changes into the 2021 International Building Code, StudioMB, Eichberg Construction and Ehlert Bryan Structural Engineers did a deep dive into the environmental and financial costs of this newly relevant construction framing system.

Mass Timber represents a significant reduction in Embodied Carbon as a natural structural system unlike the carbon intensity found in both Concrete and Steel


Contact us to discuss this cost analysis of a residential 8-story structure that explored the design implications and costs differentials between Mass Timber, Concrete and Steel