作为业主，大量木结构建筑呈上升趋势, architects and contractors champion low embodied carbon building materials. 在我们的系列视频中, we look at 缅因州’s first fully timber structure at Bowdoin College’s John and Lile Gibbons Center for Arctic Studies and Barry Mills Hall. The all-electric building will support low carbon operations through a fossil-fuel free approach.

How does 百家乐软件—which has planned and built more than fifteen projects incorporating timber solutions—coordinate and collaborate with our project partners to plan and deliver high-quality timber structures? 具有丰富的分析经验, 采购和安装大量木材, 百家乐软件’s interdisciplinary approach supports our clients—like Bowdoin—in making cost-effective, 计划大型木材项目时的进度驱动决策.

初始设计

Rigorous pre-construction planning is a must when it comes to mitigating potential cost, schedule and quality impacts associated with a mass timber structure.

• 及早发现问题: The smallest details matter when it comes to achieving the desired look and function for such a specialized finish product. Incorporating design intent into early models helps guide crucial design considerations to be incorporated into fabrication documents and allow for timely timber release.
• 结构评审: 结构图检查有助于分析柱间距, 木材构件跨度, choices of direction of primary girders and varying strategies for mechanical ductwork and plumbing routing. The review process can potentially result in cost saving through elements including reducing beam sizes and floor plate thickness.
• 成本竞争力: 在当今不断变化和充满挑战的材料市场, 大块木材的价格保持相对稳定. This certainty allows mass timber to be priced early with greater assurance of costs as the project progress. 取决于应用程序, mass timber pricing can be very cost competitive when compared to steel and concrete and has additional cost benefits in terms of fit-out costs. Mass timber can also remain exposed, reducing the costs of expensive interior finishes on a project.

选择 & 采购

Timber species selection can affect the mass timber manufacturer. The right decision-making can support early internal estimates and analyze specific species for the best fit.

• 木材品种 & 材料完成: Material selection has a significant impact on the choice of timber manufacturers. From aesthetic to strength of structural design to lengths of members, 百家乐软件 can help evaluate timber species and offer options that satisfy aesthetic and structural need.
• 对供应商/制造商市场有深入了解: 强有力的供应商名单, 国内外都有, ensures competitive pricing for initial bidding during earlier phases of design. As the mass timber is fully designed and released for fabrication, a well-established market knowledge is crucial in bidding installation.

协调 & 释放

协调 model completion ahead of 建设 Documents is critical to final fabrication shop drawings for mass timber. With timber lead times ranging from 16 to 24 weeks from final drawing approvals, 时间很重要.

• M / E / P / FP协调: Mass timber penetrations for M/E/P/FP systems must be carefully planned and integrated into fabrication documents. 协调 models for these penetrations allow all pathways to be designed and manufactured in shop in lieu of in field; this is crucial as field cutting is prohibited for this level of finished product.
• Design-Assist事务: Engaging design-assist partners for M/E/P/FP systems and mass timber allows the project team to coordinate within the working design model. 通过设计辅助创建cd级文档, 即使其余的设计还处于早期阶段, supports completion of building systems and architectural features for a release of timber well ahead of CDs, 减轻木材长交货时间的挑战.

交付 & 安装

搬运时必须特别注意, installation and protection of mass timber to maintain the material’s integrity. 实际安装经验是必要的 规划一个成功的大型木材项目.

• 后勤计划及处理 & 安装: Development of the right logistics plans for efficient installation—accounting for any potential double handling and required special care—is paramount to creating schedule certainty through installation. The right project partners develop proper delivery, loading and sequencing unique to each site.
• 透过保险保障您的投资 & 临时保护措施: 百家乐软件’s in-house Job Site 的见解 platform allows our clients to protect their investment through floor-by-floor detection of potentially damaging elements to the timber structure, 包括水, fire or any other elements that may stain or mar the finished product. 另外, temporary protection is often required and includes the use of hard walls held off the timber columns for UV and moisture protection, 地板防紫外线保护, 湿度和人流量, 湿度和温度的维护岗位封闭. The most effective timber structure protection is speedy building enclosure to reduce environmental impact on the timber itself. 一旦封闭和最终系统上线, maintaining proper humidity levels is critical to keeping the timber looking and functioning at its best.
• Self-perform功能: 百家乐软件自我执行大量木材安装和保护, 给了我们更多的时间控制, quality and continuity of installation because we are that much closer to the product. Our 650 in-house craftspeople share our standards for quality and are a strong additional resource to call upon to get work done on time.