Mass timber construction has gained momentum throughout North America over the past ten years. For example, Apex Plaza is an approximately 300,000 square foot, mixed-use office/retail/ residential high-rise building in Charlottesville, Virginia, with six stories of mass timber framing over a four-story concrete podium parking structure. At the time of its completion in April 2022, Apex Plaza became the largest mass timber-framed building on the east coast.