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Mass timber webinars scheduled

LANSING — A series of monthly webinars about key aspects of building with mass timber continues with a look at mass timber projects in Michigan and around the United States. The program takes place from noon to 1 p.m. Eastern time Tuesday, with presenter Pete Kobelt of mass timber design and engineering firm Element5.

The webinar series is an outgrowth of Michigan’s recent Mass Timber Summit, a virtual meeting that took place last fall and was co-hosted by the Michigan Forest Biomaterials Institute and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. All of the webinars are hosted by MIFBI.

Upcoming in June is “Hardwoods for Mass Timber: Opportunities and Challenges in the U.S.,” noon to 1 p.m. Eastern time Thursday, June 3. Presenter is Xinfeng Xie, assistant professor of forest biomaterials at Michigan Technological University.

Although they are free, the webinars are limited to 100 guests and registration is required. A list of upcoming webinars and recordings of past events is available on the MIFBI website.

To register go to https://mifbi.org/events/.

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