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The ConTech Crew 350: What is Mass Timber with Kinsol Founder Mike Marshall


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In today’s episode, we are joined by Mike Marshall from Kinsol Timber to discuss how he has built his own timber business and what he hopes to achieve with it.

Mike’s CV boasts over 20 years of experience spanning all aspects of the timber industry, from manufacturing work all the way to marketing and management.

Mike has even been involved in some of the most innovative Timber structures in Canada and has led countless other innovative timber structures.

In today’s episode, we discuss how Mike got into the timber business, how we can design for constructability, the challenges of building with timber, as well as a round-up of all the latest construction news in the last week.

Make sure to check it out!

Key Takeaways:

Intro (00:00)
What is mass timber? (11:12)
Is mass timber taking its place at the table? (19:16)
Mike’s role (25:15)
Designing for constructability (31:07)
The challenges of timber (40:12)
Are robots taking our jobs? (56:59)
Weekly news round-up (1:00:50)
Episode wrap-up (1:27:35)

Additional Resources ⬇️

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See more about Kinsol Timber here: https://www.kinsoltimber.com/

Check out Mike on Linkedin: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/michael-marshall-00368420

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See this week’s news articles! 🗞️⬇️

➡️ Construction labor gap tops 500k: https://www.constructiondive.com/news/construction-worker-demand-over-half-million/642710/

➡️ How PlantD aims to carbonize new buildings: https://techcrunch.com/2023/02/16/pass-the-grass-how-plantd-aims-to-decarbonize-new-buildings/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAABFuFdSS5QC_g-D9K0w71OAGeKzT35sFbdbLnZEJUqG9PdvJvInRNg7HlhwEB5mGPvwnoNgf5NGrEA4IWN0q8G-v_oXvzVEWxuP83D_kZZggp91gG4TO5djwqa0vGzfIxNMyxT1EL0ZtoXXnIJW0eyh9JzRr-KWvqx2UVdzTPA7T

➡️ Decisions, not data, should drive analytics programs: https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/decisions-not-data-should-drive-analytics-programs?utm_source=mitsloanlinkedin&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=decisiondriven

➡️ Why 3D printing is still flat in commercial construction: https://www.constructiondive.com/news/why-3d-printing-still-flat-commercial-construction/641731/

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