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DNR mass timber building
made from Michigan red pines
By Noah Johnson
Great Lakes Logging
NEWBERRY — The Michigan
Green Building Collaborative, in
partnership with Michigan State
University (MSU), Mass Timber,
hosted a webinar in June to dis-
cuss the Department of Natural
Resources (DNR) use of Michi-
gan-sourced red pine and showcase
the new DNR Customer Service
Center in Newberry, Mich.
“It may be a smaller mass timber
building in terms of square feet, but
it is actually a giant when it comes
to mass timber firsts in Michigan,”
said MSU Mass Timber Director
Sandra Lupien.
The new building received the
Engineering Society of Detroit
Design and Construction Award.
The webinar featured comments
from several panelists involved in
the construction, including a senior
engineer, a project manager, a con-
struction manager, and others.
DNR previously rented a facility
in Newberry, but with an expiring
lease and a desire to own its own
building, the DNR began construct-
ing its new facility.
Michigan Governor Gretchen
Whitmer’s Michigan Healthy Cli-
mate Plan, which aims to achieve
net-zero carbon emissions by
2050, influenced the construction
Michigan DNR photo
of the new building.
“So based on this and with our
goal to support the timber industry,
we pushed to make Newberry
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