{"id":4364,"date":"2023-05-28T22:08:04","date_gmt":"2023-05-28T22:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/?p=4364"},"modified":"2024-10-21T20:31:12","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T10:31:12","slug":"first-post-and-plate-high-rise-revolutionises-mass-timber-construction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/first-post-and-plate-high-rise-revolutionises-mass-timber-construction\/","title":{"rendered":"First Post-and-Plate High-Rise Revolutionises Mass Timber Construction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The world’s first post-and-plate high-rise building is revolutionising mass timber construction using Freres Lumber\u2019s mass plywood panels<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Located in the heart of downtown Oakland in California, USA, the 19-storey mass timber tower will be one of the tallest and largest of its kind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘The tallest beamless mass plywood structure in the world’<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

Construction on 1510 Webster Street <\/a>commenced with a single-storey concrete podium, followed by 18 floors of 125 mm thick mass ply panels, each comprising 45 layers of veneered wood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After just seven months on site, work is nearly finished on the project <\/a>billed as the \u201ctallest beamless mass plywood panel structure in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project is the third mass timber project by the vertically integrated firm oWow, following the five-story addition to 316 12th Street.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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