Business View Magazine May 2023

92 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 10, ISSUE 5 feet of Douglas Fir, is being built about a half-mile away from the site, where it will be disassembled into smaller modules and then reassembled above the terminal’s existing roof in segments over a one-year period. “We’ve also been pleased to work with a group called Sustainable Northwest that has helped us connect with the regional forest community and timberland owners so that we can transparently, and in a targeted way, procure wood for our projects, “ Spiritos continues. “So, for the airport, in particular, we were able to identify landowners that we wanted to work with and then source material from their lands, track it through to the mill, then to our fabrication facility, then to the site. And we’re going to be able to tell stories about where the wood came from on plaques at the airport, which is really special because you don’t normally get that kind of information in construction. And I think one of the really beautiful things about timber is that, because people care so much about trees and forests, they want to understand where the wood comes from. So there is this increasing demand about ‘intentional sourcing’ and they want to celebrate that source.” According to Evans, Timberland’s long-term objective is to continue the company’s leadership role in the mass timber industry, advocate for mass timber’s many virtues, and thereby accelerate the mainstream adoption of mass timber construction. “To do that, we have to be innovative,” he states. “We have to find solutions that cut down on labor costs, manufacturing costs, and supply costs, so we can get to that point in all markets, it’s a cost- competitive structural system that any building owner should consider. That’s our goal. Everything that we’re doing is to support, promote, and grow mass timber in commercial construction.” PREFERRED VENDOR/PARTNER n Zip-O-Laminators www.zipolaminators.com