Savannah Mass Timber Hub Meeting

Follow the conversation about Mass Timber construction and sustainability in the city of Savannah area

Watch The Presentations

Overview of Mass Timber: Products, Performance & Design

At the Georgia Forestry Foundation’s Savannah Mass Timber Hub, Laura Cullen, PE, Woodworks Regional Director, provided an overview of how mass timber has successfully been integrated into commercial and residential development throughout Georgia.

First Mass Timber Residential Building in Savannah

At the Georgia Forestry Foundation’s Savannah Mass Timber Hub, Kirk Gilbert, Tyler Stritt, and Jacob Moon with Choate Construction and Bryan Harde with LS3P Architecture present on their first mass timber residential building in Savannah, Ann Street Lofts. Attendees were also taken on a tour of the building after the event.

Overcoming the Challenges of Mass Timber

At the Georgia Forestry Foundation’s Savannah Mass Timber Hub, Pat Shay, Senior Principal at GM Shay Architects, shares the pros and cons of working with mass timber.

Highlighting Algoma 1500 Waters

At the Georgia Forestry Foundation’s Savannah Mass Timber Hub, CEO & Co-Founder of Algoma, Jeff Bromovsky, highlighted 1500 Waters, a GFF Mass Timber Accelerator project in Savannah.

Confirmed Speakers & Panelists

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.

Patrick Shay

Senior Principal
Gunn Meyerhoff Shay architecture + urban design

Patrick is an accomplished and prolific Savannah architect. A passionate advocate for sustainable design and a believer in the potential of mass timber, Patrick specializes in energy-positive buildings and optimizing revenue with limited resources.

Kirk Gilbert LEED AP, BD+C

Vice President, Division Manager
Choate Construction

Overseeing the direction of the Savannah office, Kirk ensures projects, personnel, relationships, and strategic direction are firing on all cylinders. Choate is the general contractor for Ann St. Lofts, the pioneering CLT building in southeast…

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Kirk Gilbert LEED AP, BD+C

Vice President, Division Manager
Choate Construction

Overseeing the direction of the Savannah office, Kirk ensures projects, personnel, relationships, and strategic direction are firing on all cylinders. Choate is the general contractor for Ann St. Lofts, the pioneering CLT building in southeast Georgia.

Jacob Moon

Senior Preconstruction Manager
Choate Construction

Choate is the general contractor for Ann St. Lofts, the pioneering CLT building in southeast Georgia.

Tyler Stritt

Project Manager
Choate Construction

Choate is the general contractor for Ann St. Lofts, the pioneering CLT building in southeast Georgia.

Bryan Harder

Senior Project Manager, Associate Principal
LS3P Architecture, Interiors, Planning

Bryan Harder, AIA, brings 20+ years of design and project management experience to LS3P, the lead design firm for Ann Street Lofts, the first cross-laminated timber (CLT) building constructed in southeast Georgia.

Josef Bromovsky

CEO & Co-Founder
Algoma

Algoma partners with real estate developers to automate the repeatable delivery of zero-carbon buildings.