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interiors PROJECT Festival Foods By The Numbers 75,000 sq. ft. total floor space 560,000 lb. of trees used in the project 1 column fabricated from a Madison oak tree 11 columns fabricated from Madison ash trees Tree Trunks Furnish Store Backbone WholeTrees timber structures stand front and center in one-of-a-kind grocery store. W holeTrees Architecture & Structures, Madi- graced with incredible pillars of reclaimed ash trees that needed son, WI, engineered and fabricated 560,000 to be removed because of Emerald Ash Borer and, in return, the lb. of tree trunks and branched timbers for city received a monetary contribution for treating ash trees in a the wooden columns and spanning trusses in the new Festival nearby city park. I am grateful that WholeTrees approached the Foods store that opened early in 2016 in Madison. city with this project and hope that we can partner again in the "Making decisions that will bring the guests back isn't just future." about food," said Mark Skogen, chief executive officer, Festival "After harvesting, we peel the cambium layer of the tree, Foods, headquartered in Onalaska, WI. "When we enter a new which eliminates the majority of pests," the WholeTrees website location, we work hard to learn what is important to our guests explains. "We air or kiln dry each timber to below 19% mois- so we can make decisions that will bring them back." ture level, the industry standard, which kills the balance of in- The Madison store features 11 ash columns culled from lo- sects. In addition, we process each timber with a treatment of cal parks due to infestation from an invasive insect. The 12th disodium octaborate tetrahydrate (trade named Tim-Bor, Nisus column was fashioned from an oak tree. "The partnership be- Corp., Rockford, TN) or another approved insecticide as a pre- tween Madison's parks department, WholeTrees, and Festival ventive measure." Foods has been an excellent example of how the city can work An emerging Madison-based products and technology com- in concert with business to benefit both the private and public pany, WholeTrees provides an incentive for healthy forest man- sector," said Madison Mayor Paul Soglin. "Festival Foods is agement by taking what would otherwise be forest waste and Above. WholeTrees Architecture & Structures engineered and fabricated 560,000 lb. of tree trunks and branched timbers for the wooden columns and spanning trusses in the new Festival Foods store. 40 COMMERCI A L A RCHI T EC T URE JUNE 2016 commercialarchitecturemagazine.com 55 ft. spanned by longest natural round-timber trusses 86 natural round-timber trusses in the project 29,000 lb. of load carried by the largest natural round-timber trusses 200,000 lb. service load supported by the WholeTrees structure 100 tons of carbon sequestered by the WholeTrees structures (approx.) 260 tons of carbon offset by the WholeTrees structure vs. a steel structure (approx.) http://www.commercialarchitecturemagazine.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Commercial Architecture June 2016

The Architects
Green Schools Score High Marks
Modular Skylights Brighten College Spaces
More Sauce, Less Electricity
Lighting Improves Hotel Aesthetics, Safety, Security
UV Improves HVAC
Energy Solutions Enhance Learning Environment
Tree Trunks Furnish Store Backbone
Roofing, Skylights Boost Medical Stats
Building Technology Products
Showcase
Index
Portfolio

Commercial Architecture June 2016