Colby College Student Housing

Waterville, ME

Colby College

Colby college interior

Colby College panels

Colby College

Setting Stair Towers

QB Topping Out

QB swinging timber

QB Mass Timber

Colby College
CLT Wood Framing
GC: Landry French

Multiple student housing buildings for private college. Colby College is investing $50M in residential upgrades — a future-forward project delivering 217 single rooms for upperclassmen in Waterville, Maine.

This new residence hall combines Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) framing and innovative construction techniques to support the college’s long-term sustainability goals and student experience. CLT Panels used as the flooring system and stairwell shafts.

The project features architecturally complex curved roof rafters, a demanding structural element that required custom design and precise fabrication. Hybrid mass timber and light-frame systems—combined with non-standard architectural elements like curved roof rafters..

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Version History

Project uploaded by Elmer Zook on 10-07-2025
Project last updated by WoodWorks on 09-04-2026

Project Details

Number Of Stories

4
Bldg system

Mass Timber
Square footage

109000

Construction Type:

IV-A
Building Type:

Student Housing
Material Types:

Mass Timber
Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT)
Glue-Laminated Timber (GLT or glulam)
Light-Frame