GAB Report event briefing

Designing and Building with Mass Timber: Design, Planning and Performance

  • DateNov 17, 2026 · 11:30 am GMT-0500
  • FormatIn Person
  • LocationGarden City, NY

About the event

This regional lunch seminar covers the essentials of designing and delivering modern mass timber structures. Speaker Momo Sun explores timber products, early preconstruction coordination, and project delivery methods that align architects, engineers, and general contractors. Attendees will review practical approaches to overcoming project resistance and misconceptions, optimizing budgets and construction schedules, and implementing jobsite fire safety for prefabricated components. The presentation highlights structural versatility, lighter embodied carbon footprints, and efficient interactions between manufacturers and design teams to ensure high performance and cost effectiveness in commercial, healthcare, and institutional wood projects.

What you’ll learn

  • Identify project planning, coordination and design topics that translate into successful buildings for both the design and construction team.
  • Explore best practices for interaction between manufacturer, design team and preconstruction manager that can lead to cost efficiency and safety on site.
  • Discuss potential construction schedule savings and construction fire safety practices realized through the use of prefabricated mass timber elements.
  • Discuss benefits of using mass timber products, including structural versatility, prefabrication, lighter carbon footprint, and reduced labor costs

Attendance notes

Lunch is included with the regional in-person seminar.