Ice Block I
Sacramento, CA-
Bldg system
Mass Timber
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No. Of Stories
4
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Sq. footage
132,000
Designed using a modern interpretation of construction techniques common to Sacramento in the early 20th century, this mixed-use commercial infill project is one of the first contemporary, timber-framed mid-rise structures in Northern California. The building includes three stories of heavy timber framing over a concrete podium—restaurant and retail space on the ground floor, and offices on the second through fourth floors. Glulam beams and purlins, left exposed to the interior, frame the structure on a 20- by 24-foot grid, with 2 1/2-inch tongue-and-groove Douglas-fir planks between. Inside, designers cantilevered the glulam beams over the glulam columns, creating a custom connection that allows continuous beams resulting in lower bending demand. This allowed for shallower beam depths, giving the office floors a lighter, brighter and more open aesthetic.
See the business case study for this project. The case study series aims to fill a gap in available information related to the financial performance of U.S. properties constructed with mass timber structural systems in buildings across various product sub-types. Using transparent quantitative data, each of the 10 case studies analyzes how mass timber has created value and provides a qualitative overview of successes, challenges, and lessons learned from the developer/owner perspective.
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Construction Cost:
$26 Million
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Construction Type:
III-B
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Building Type:
Business (Office)
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Material Types:
Glue-Laminated Timber (GLT or glulam), Heavy Timber Decking
Companies Involved:
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RMW Architecture
Architect
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Buehler
Structural Engineer
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Ascent Builders
Contractor
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Heller Pacific
Developer/Owner
Individuals Involved:
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Keith Bauer, SE
Structural Project Manager
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Ryan Miller, SE
Strutural Engineering Lead
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Dave Hutchinson, SE
Prinicipal-in-Charge