Friday, October 27 

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The ‘Sustainable 3-legged Stool’ that balances economy, community, and the environment has been a goal out of reach for most projects that infill our cities. However, the gap in our ability to meet this often-difficult hurdle has closed dramatically with the code adoption of Tall Mass Timber. These structural systems have roughly 50% less embodied-carbon and with proper foresting approaches traps even more carbon. Learn how to effectively implement this system by recognizing and applying special considerations early in the process.

Speakers: 

Ben Dalton

Partner at Miller Hull Partnership

Ben Dalton brings a proven ability to sift through a project’s complexities to find an elegant and meaningful design concept. Ben is passionate about bringing together different voices, amplifying the best parts of those voices, and then melding them together into a final, beautiful product. He brings himself and his experience to every project, ensuring a strong conceptual vision, but believes his strength as a curator of diverse ideas results in his best work. From Ben’s perspective, the perfect building is one that takes full advantage of its natural surroundings, doing everything to maintain a person’s physical comfort, while deeply connecting them to their place and their community. 

Justin Wei

Associate Principal at DCI Engineering

Justin Wei has a bachelor’s degree in Architectural Engineering from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and is a licensed Structural Engineer in California. He has been working in the industry for over 18yrs; over that time he has worked on wide range of projects from single-family residential to high-rise and wide range of materials from post-tensioned concrete to mass timber.  

Jeffery Troutman

Associate at Miller Hull Partnership

Jeff Troutman values a collaborative design process that carefully considers conceptual, programmatic, environmental, and constructability aspects of a project. Delicately balancing these elements in each design, he continuously strives to evoke a resolved, poetic, and innovative composition that enriches and fits within its surroundings. Joining Miller Hull in 2014, Jeff’s portfolio is representative of a wide variety of project types and scales including Parco, the Del Mar Civic Center, and the San Diego Children’s Park renovation.