Wednesday, September 9, 2026
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All the biggest hires, promotions and appointments in the Canadian public infrastructure and construction sectors. Bill Gifford FICE, FCIHT has joined the East Harbour Transit…
Canadian Wood Council
Canadian Wood Council names 2025 Catherine Lalonde Scholarship recipients
The Canadian Wood Council (CWC) announced three recipients of the 2025 Catherine Lalonde Memorial Scholarship: Houman Ganjali (University of Northern British Columbia), Kalkidan Tesfaye Shewandagn…
Wood Design & Building Awards winning projects announced
The Canadian Wood Council announcedthe winning projects of the 41st annual Wood Design & Building Awards program. This prestigious awards program recognizes and celebrates the…
Feds announce new measures to transform Canada’s softwood lumber industry
The Government of Canada announced a $1.2 billion investment to support Canada’s forest sector and accelerate the use of Canadian wood in domestic construction. The…
Canadian Wood Council announces Wood Design & Building award winners
The Canadian Wood Council announced the winning projects of the 40th annual Wood Design & Building Awards program. This prestigious awards program recognizes and celebrates…
Canadian Wood Council and Woodsure launch new partnership
The Canadian Wood Council (CWC) and Woodsure (A division of Axis Insurance Managers Inc.) announced a new partnership between their WoodWorks and Woodsure programs respectively.…
Government of Canada introduces new Green Buildings Strategy
The Government of Canada announced the launch of the Canada Green Buildings Strategy to improve energy efficiency in Canada’s homes and buildings, with a key…
Canada’s blueprint for mass timber success unveiled
A new comprehensive report, The Mass Timber Roadmap, unveiled by The Transition Accelerator outlines an ambitious and strategic vision for the future of mass timber…
B.C. builders can now use mass timber in taller buildings
The Government of British Columbia announced it is adopting building-code changes to permit the use of expanded use of mass timber in taller buildings, such…
Canadian Wood Council launches inaugural WoodWorks Summit in Vancouver
Design and construction industry professionals familiar with the popular “Wood Solutions” conferences, hosted by the Canadian Wood Council for more than 20 years, will want…
CWC report reinforces safety of mass timber demonstration fire tests results
The findings from Canada’s most extensive mass timber demonstration fire tests project led by the Canadian Wood Council (CWC) have been finalized in a comprehensive…
Canadian Wood Council announces 2023 Wood Design & Building Award winners
The Canadian Wood Council has announced the winning projects of the 39th annual Wood Design & Building Awards program. The influential awards program recognizes and celebrates…
CWC Wood Solutions Conference highlights use mass timber in construction
The Canadian Wood Council’s Toronto Wood Solutions Conference, an educational event and trade show for design and construction professionals, offered a variety of presentations, including…
Performance of mass timber during fire test similar to non-combustible
The Canadian Wood Council hosted a full-scale fire test at the Canadian Explosives Research Lab in Ottawa. Over 150 experts from across Canada, including fire…
Largest ever mass timber structure fire test to be conducted in Ottawa
The Canadian Wood Council has partnered with federal and provincial governments to conduct a series of five separate fire research burns on a full-scale mass…
Mass Timber: Shaping the Future
Mass timber projects are becoming a part of the everyday development landscape. By John Tenpenny With changes to the building code now allowing for taller…