Mass Timber Tour: UC Riverside SoCal OASIS Park

What you’ll learn

• Discuss typical construction practices for mass timber projects, including construction sequencing, site safety considerations, installation efficiency, and coordination with follow-on trades.
• Highlight structural and architectural uses of CLT and glulam through an in-person tour of an under-construction higher education and research facility, including exposed wood in shared lobby, co-working, and conference spaces.
• Describe mass timber connection and detailing strategies used to support code-compliant design, structural performance, fire-resistance considerations, and coordination between wood and non-wood structural systems.
• Explain how owners, architects, engineers, contractors, suppliers, and installers coordinate during project development to achieve successful mass timber implementation in a hybrid building.

Attendance notes

Active jobsite requiring personal protective equipment including safety vest, hard hat, safety glasses, and sturdy hard-soled flat shoes. Limited loaner PPE available upon request during registration. Park in Lot 51, scan the QR code, and enter vehicle license plate number after entering the project main gate.