The selected consultant will be responsible for managing all aspects of the Accelerator including: • Designing a program based on a cohort model, where participants will receive technical assistance support, opportunities for learning and sharing, and networking alongside other participants in the cohort, • Recruiting projects to participate in the Accelerator, • Coordinating the review and approval of applications from developers, design teams, and general contractors who would like to apply to participate in the Accelerator, • Engaging key stakeholders to participate as industry experts in the cohort model in order to build support for and understanding of Mass Timber buildings, • Providing technical assistance support or coordination of technical assistance for participants, and • Reviewing analyses and design work, estimated time to build, cost, and embodied carbon savings and synthesizing key takeaways into a final report.
