During a visit to Ascent in Milwaukee, 145 kilometers to the north of Chicago, a select group of 35 attendees toured the under-construction, 25-floor residential development that is on track to become the next tallest timber-concrete hybrid in the world, upon completion in August 2022. The project, developed by New Land Enterprises, features 16 floors of cross-laminated timber (CLT) columns, beams, and panels above a nine-story concrete podium and parking structure. Ascent is also a case study in the Future Timber City research project.

A photo and attendee list of the event are shown below.

Attendees included the following:

• Daniel Ayars, Principal, NBBJ, Columbus, OH
• Spencer Barney, Construction Manager, Boston Properties, Inc., San Francisco
• Hannes Blaas, CEO, Rothoblaas USA, New York
• Christophe Bilaine, Vice President, Preconstruction, Bouygues Batiment International, Miami
• Hans-Erik Blomgren, Senior Engineering Manager, Timberlab, Swinerton, Portland, OR
• William Broderick, Area Sales Manager Midwest, Rothoblaas srl, Chicago
• Buddy Burks, National Account Specialist - Construction Solutions, Nucor, Nashville
• Jake Elbrecht, Research Associate, Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, Chicago
• Nora Wang Esram, Senior Director for Research, American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy, Washington, DC
• Tobias Fast, Senior Associate, Fast+Epp, Vancouver, BC, Canada
• Tim Gokhman, Managing Director, New Land Enterprises, Milwaukee, United States
• Matthew Halverson, Student, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
• Roger Heeringa, President/COO, DCI Engineers, Seattle
• Harriet Ingham, VP Major Projects, Holmes Solutions, Boulder
• John Klein, CEO, Principal Investigator, Generate + Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston
• Wei Lam, Principal, RDH Building Science Inc., Boston
• Eric Lindquist, President, Adjustable Concrete Construction, Lombard, IL
• William Maibusch, Project Executive, The Walsh Group, Seattle
• Ethan Martin, Director of Sustainability and Mass Timber, DCI Engineers, Portland, OR
• Will Miranda, Research Manager, Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, Chicago
• Jeremiah O'Neill, Principal and Co-Founder, H+O Structural Engineering, Boston
• Bill Parsons, VP of Operations, WoodWorks, Boise
• Lisa Podesto, Senior Business Development Manager, Design Build Americas, Lendlease, San Jose, CA
• Kyle Richardson, Sr. Director, Construction Management, OAC Services, Inc., Seattle
• Daniel Safarik, Assistant Director, Research and Thought Leadership, Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, Chicago
• Nikan Samimi, Director of Business Development & Strategy, CadMakers, Burnaby, BC, Canada
• May So, Associate Principal and Architect, Mithun, Seattle
• Aaron Spahn, Vice President of Operations, Adjustable Concrete Construction, Lombard, IL
• Jeff Spiritos, Manager, Spiritos Properties LLC, New York
• Nicolette Stosur-Bassett, Think Wood Campaign Manager, Think Wood, Oregon City
• Cary Tisch, VP, Manager of Design Integration, GEI Consultants, Madison
• Michan Walker, Architect, Studio Gang Architects, Chicago
• Kai Yang, Director of Digital Fabrication, CadMakers, Burnaby, BC, Canada