The Future of Building is Wood

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Mass timber is reshaping how we build—and Athens is joining the movement. From faster construction timelines to dramatic carbon savings, this is not your grandfather’s building material. It’s the future, and it’s growing in Georgia.

The Athens Mass Timber Hub brings together top architects, developers, engineers, and city leaders for a half-day, high-energy event featuring real case studies and new tools for building with mass timber.

Watch The Presentations

501 Edgewood a Mass Timber Accelerator Project

At the Georgia Forestry Foundation’s Athens Mass Timber Hub, Principal/Founder of Algoma, Tim Nichols, highlighted 501 Edgewood, a GFF Mass Timber Accelerator project in Atlanta.

619 Ponce - Georgia's First Locally Grown Mass Timber Project

At the Georgia Forestry Foundation’s Athens Mass Timber Hub, Troy Harris, Managing Director of Jamestown Timber, Troy Harris, presents on 619 Ponce—the state’s flagship mass timber project. Hear how this building came to life using Georgia-grown wood and local manufacturing and what it means for the future of real estate.

Building Momentum with Mass Timber

At the Georgia Forestry Foundation’s Athens Mass Timber Hub, Graham Montgomery (Timberlab), Seth Adams (Britts, Peters, & Associates), and Lauren Cullen (Woodworks) speak on where mass timber is going in Georgia—including challenges, breakthroughs, and what’s needed next.

Meet the Mass Timber Experts

Laura Cullen, PE

Regional Director (GA, AL, LA, MS)
WoodWorks

Laura is passionate about educating others on the benefits of building with wood. Prior to joining WoodWorks, she worked as a structural designer for seven years.

Troy Harris

Managing Director, Timberland and Innovative Wood Products
Jamestown Timberland

Troy has served a key role in connecting the commercial real estate industry to the mass timber industry by building the first “Georgia Grown” mass timber building called 619 Ponce.

Tim Nichols

President & Founder
NO Architecture

NO Architecture is based in Atlanta and is a 2024 Georgia Mass Timber Accelerator recipient.

Sam Culpepper

Program Manager, Design Consulting
Southface Institute

As a Program Manager at Southface, Sam lends his expertise in high-performance building to advance the performance of the built environment, through passive design principles, applied building science, and pragmatic and creative solutions.

Seth Adams S.E, P.E

Georgia Division Manager
Britt, Peters & Associates

Seth's experience includes complex university, commercial, hospitality, and municipal projects for steel, wood, concrete and masonry structures - including designs in high seismic and hurricane-prone regions.

Graham Montgomery, PE

VP - Director of Preconstruction
Timberlab

Graham is a Structural Engineer with a passion for innovative solutions and efficient structural designs. Behind the scenes he works to propel the industry forward through research and testing of mass timber construction.