According to Mercer Mass Timber, the library is the largest user of mass timber in North Dakota.
by Eric Bolin, KVRR Fox
It’s meant to honor Theodore Roosevelt’s legacy of nature conservation. 1,800 cubic meters of timber have been used so far. Much of that has been used for the library’s curved roof which was designed to resemble the topography of the badlands.
According to Mercer Mass Timber Senior Vice President Nick Milestone, the complexity of the roof required precise engineering.
“In order to do such complex geometry it has to go back to, not just hand-engineering, but it has to go through a digital twin,” Milestone said. “So therefore we have to make sure that both the glue-on components and the steel components – which came from another company – that it all met correctly in the modeling. If it fits in the model, it fits the job site perfectly well.
