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Username
Marc Perras
Proposer First Name
Marc
Proposer Email
marc@jonesarch.com
Proposer Last Name
Perras
Proposer Company/Organization
Jones Architecture
Proposer Phone
(617) 230-8890
Proposer Job Title
Senior Associate
Proposed Session Description
The Department of Unemployment Assistance Building in Brockton MA is the first CLT project of this scale built purely with public funds in the Commonwealth, and the first such DCAMM project. The public procurement system in Massachusetts is intended to achieve a fair and competitive bidding environment. Inherently it is based on years of precedent and collective knowledge as such the system is slow to adapt to new construction methods. This project has proved that proper preparation, documentation. and involvement from all members of the construction team lay the groundwork for a CLT project that can be procured with public funds on budget and on schedule. In doing so it provides the Commonwealth a pathway to construction with a much smaller carbon footprint than more traditional materials.
Learning Objectives
Understand the Commonwealth's public procurement process, guidelines, sequence of documentation, and bidding with regard to implementing a new structural system.
Understand the opportunities of cross laminated timber as an interior finish material, especially in an office environment, contributing to the health and well being of occupants.
Understand the advantages of cross laminated timber as a method for reducing the carbon footprint of construction.
Understand the structural considerations necessary when working with engineered lumber including cross laminated timber.
Has this session been presented before?
Yes
When and Where?
ABX 2020
Target Audiences Level of Expertise
Level 2 - Some prior knowledge helpful.

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Reviewer 1
Li, Arlen
Reviewer 2
Nugent, Julia
Curator
Craig, Beverly
Proposal #
116
Session #
612
Committee Decision
Accepted
Full Description
How can the new sustainable construction materials such as cross laminated timber be utilized in a public procurement system.