Question 1

What is MassFrame Solutions?

Accepted Answer

MassFrame Solutions is a design-build contractor that provides a hybrid structural solution – MassFrame – using prefabricated mass timber and metal framing to deliver high-quality, low cost and sustainable building structures, as well as other prefabricated building components.

Question 2

Who is behind MassFrame Solutions?

Accepted Answer

MassFrame Solutions was conceived by Founder James Woodbury in collaboration with long-time metal framing leaders, Daley’s Drywall & Taping, Inc., with the mission of reducing construction costs for housing projects and the intent of delivering truly affordable housing to our communities.

Question 3

What makes MassFrame unique?

Accepted Answer

MassFrame optimizes projects for manufacturing efficiency, creating a delivery process that can be used for a multitude of building configurations while simultaneously reducing construction time and associated costs.

Question 4

What are the advantages of MassFrame?

Accepted Answer

The advantages of MassFrame are borne out of the recent IBC & CBC code updates that open the doors for Type IV buildings to provide significant increases to number of stories, building heights and allowable floor areas.  Additionally, MassFrame is a non-combustible structure, which may offer significant reductions in insurance premiums during and after construction is complete.

Question 5

What design services does MassFrame Solutions provide?

Accepted Answer

As a design-build contractor, MassFrame Solutions can provide both design-assist and full design-build solutions for building structures, including a fully detailed manufacturing BIM model of the project.

Question 6

What makes MassFrame cost effective?

Accepted Answer

The MassFrame approach is rooted in continuous process improvements that create efficiency gains throughout the supply chain.  Our Type IV building structure can be designed and built cost effectively by reducing the amount of labor hours within the overall delivery process, MassFrame delivers a structural solution that takes less time and less money to complete.

Question 7

What is mass timber exactly?

Accepted Answer

Mass timber refers to a variety of engineered wood products, such as cross- and glue-laminated timber, that serve as strong, load-bearing structural building components.

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Question 8

How is mass timber sustainable?

Accepted Answer

Mass timber can capture and store carbon dioxide, which reduces the carbon footprint of the structures in which it is used.

Question 9

Can mass timber withstand fire?

Accepted Answer

First, it’s good to understand that heavy timber is slow burning and doesn’t heat up rapidly. Mass timber, because it is a layered product, is non-combustible. The outside layer serves to protect the inner structural layers.

Question 10

How does mass timber perform during an earthquake?

Accepted Answer

Mass timber is much lighter weight than concrete or steel, which reduces seismic loads and allows MassFrame to perform better during seismic events.

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