GAB Report event briefing

Tour of Bunker Hill Housing Redevelopment – Building F

  • DateSep 10, 2026 · 3:00 pm GMT-0400
  • FormatIn Person
  • LocationBoston, MA

About the event

This educational site tour hosted by WoodWorks offers an in-depth walkthrough of Building F within the Bunker Hill Housing Redevelopment. The nine-story, 273,000-square-foot building combines cross-laminated timber panels with cold-formed steel bearing walls to establish a sustainable, biophilic residential environment. Participants tour the active construction site alongside project team members to evaluate practical strategies for code-compliant, cost-effective hybrid mass timber systems. Discussions center on structural detailing, fire resistance considerations, trade coordination, and real-world material selection, concluding with an informal networking happy hour nearby.

What you’ll learn

  • Discuss typical construction practices for mass timber projects, including safety best practices, installation efficiency, and coordination with follow-on trades.
  • Highlight a variety of structural and architectural uses of CLT panels on hybrid projects through an in-person tour of an under-construction project, highlighting the biophilic benefits of exposed mass timber/sustainable benefits of wood framing for occupants and visitors.
  • Demonstrate connection detailing techniques used in code-compliant mass timber-hybrid buildings to ensure appropriate structural capacity, fire resistance, and consideration of the project construction type.
  • Explain the diverse methods of project development and approaches used by the design team, including owners, contractors, architects, and engineers, to achieve a successful mass timber project.

Attendance notes

This is an active jobsite; attendees are required to wear PPE (safety vest, hard hat, safety glasses) and sturdy hard-soled flat shoes. A limited number of loaner PPE will be available to those who need it; please indicate this on your registration.