About the author  ⁄ Rachelle Habch, MS, PE

Rachelle Habchi, MS, PE is a project engineer at Glotman Simpson US Inc. and can be reached at (rhabchi@ glotmansimpson.com).

First use of CLT in the Los Angeles Area

843 N Spring Street is a multi-use creative office and retail/restaurant space and the first mass timber project with cross-laminated timber (CLT) to be constructed in the Los Angeles area. It was fundamental gaining acceptance of CLT as a viable structural material under City of Los Angeles Building Code, and is presented as a case study for the sustainable benefits of adaptive reuse integrated with lightweight structures. 

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