Author Angus Stocking interviews Josh Dortzbach, principal, Forefront Structural Engineers, for an article on mass-timber construction for Informed Infrastructure magazine.
When completed, the new student housing tower being constructed at 9th and High at the edge of Ohio State University will be a 12-story residential building rising 158 feet, a height record for mass-timber student housing.
Angus Stocking
Angus Stocking is a former licensed land surveyor who has been writing about infrastructure since 2002 and is the producer and host of “Everything is Somewhere,” a podcast covering geospatial topics. Articles have appeared in most major industry trade journals, including CE News, The American Surveyor, Public Works, Roads & Bridges, US Water News, and several dozen more.
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