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Mass timber and modular construction gain traction as pilot projects but face code and supply limits
Summary
Witnesses described Army and Navy pilots using mass timber and industrialized (modular/prefab) construction to shorten timelines and lower costs, but members heard limits on multi‑story use, supply, and appropriations timing.
Members of the House Appropriations Subcommittee heard testimony that mass timber and industrialized construction (off-site fabrication and modular assembly) are moving from demonstration to early project execution but remain constrained by codes, supply and sequencing of appropriations.
Dave Morrow of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said the Corps recently designed the Army’s first barracks “made primarily with mass timber structural elements” and is at 35% design for a mass-timber barracks at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, an FY2025 MilCon project conditioned on appropriation. “We are encouraging all of our designers and design-build contractors to bring any innovative technology…
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