Skanska has completed the U.S.’s first mass timber broadcast facility. In fact, Cincinnati Public Radio’s new headquarters, which had a price tag of $32 million, is also the city’s first such building. Skanska worked together with Emersion Design, Neyer Properties, Schaefer Inc., CMTA and WSDG on the project. “Mass timber allows us to reimagine how we build, bringing a warmth and human-scale quality that transforms how people experience a space,” said Chris Hopper, executive vice president & general manager for Skanska USA Building. The 37-day project incorporated 498 pieces of cross-laminated timber sourced from 80- to 100-year-old black spruce trees. The result: a 35,000-square-foot first. One of the project’s main highlights was the CLT stair stringers, each weighing roughly 7,500 pounds. …The volume of projects using mass timber has increased dramatically, including hundreds of developments in the office, industrial and retail sectors, according to a September 2024 report from WoodWorks.