New school being built with cross-laminated timber

May 1, 2017

The House capital budget would put a record $1 billion into school construction. Here, workers use Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) to build classrooms at Adams Elementary. Photo courtesy of Susan Jones.

Here’s some recent press coverage about the local school now under construction using cross-laminated timber. This new technology has great potential for creating jobs in timber country while reducing the risk of expensive wildfires, since it makes thinning forests far more profitable.

Peninsula Daily News: Construction begins on Greywolf modular buildings

Forest Business Network: Washington raises cross-laminated timber panels at fourth K-12 school site, part of innovative pilot project