Cost per square foot doesn't work for mass timber. So how do you know if a project pencils before you spend a year and a small fortune? And how do you avoid getting boxed in by one supplier's species, products, and production schedule with no way to get competitive bids? Ethan Martin with Generate walks through how rapid full-scale digital models in concept and schematic design are used to answer those questions before the budget is committed. Architectural programming. Wall, floor, and roof assemblies. Fire ratings. Mechanical routing. Full structural framing and optioneering. Manufacturer-agnostic and manufacturer-specific models. One source of truth resulting in one digital bill of materials and estimators avoiding needing to pad budgets for unknowns. Walk away knowing how to reach the mass timber decision early, whether the answer is yes or no. 

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What You’ll Learn:

• Why so many projects fail the preconstruction phase and how changes in technology can bring confidence and certainty to cost estimating making mass timber a viable design option.
• Construction type selection, fire-ratings, and how optioneering framing systems can drive a project to be more or less efficient for the programming required by the client and how mechanical systems can drive framing strategies.
• How once a framing strategy has been selected, why manufacturer selection can increase or decrease fiber efficiency.

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