The Government of Ontario welcomed an investment of $107 million from Element5, a homegrown mass timber manufacturer, to expand the company’s operations in St. Thomas.…
When Nak’azdli Development Corp. (NDC) unveils its inaugural Timber House next month – a unique prefabricated home in Canada that uses stud lumber from local…
The City of Toronto broke ground on a new 90,000 square foot, state-of-the-art multi-function station at 300 Progress Ave. Strategically located to meet the needs…
The British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) officially opened its new Tall Timber student housing residence at the Burnaby campus, expanding affordable on-campus housing options…
CityHousing Hamilton announced the official opening of 1620 Main St. E., a six-storey, 42-unit affordable housing project delivered in partnership with mcCallumSather. The building is…
By Mark Cardwell Small is beautiful—the notion that small spaces can be designed and built with more user-friendly features, functionality and elegance in mind—is something…
Quinte Health celebrated a major milestone, bringing North America’s first un-encapsulated mass timber hospital one step closer to reality, with the arrival of mass timber materials…
Kalesnikoff Mass Timber formally opened their new 100,000 sq. ft. modular mass timber facility in Castlegar, B.C., near the West Kootenay Regional Airport, to expand…
Taking a revolutionary step often involves taking a risk—and George Brown College’s bold vision paid off when we officially received the keys to Limberlost Place, its…
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.…
Natural Resources Canada announced a federal contribution of more than $2.8 million to FPInnovations for three projects. The funding includes investments to support the use…
The Government of Ontario is investing $3.46 million in Element5 to help the mass timber manufacturer expand its operations. The company is Ontario’s first certified…
This year, Pomerleau completed the renovation of Gros Morne National Park’s Visitor Centre, which welcomes tens of thousands of visitors from around the world annually.…
By Vincent Davenport and Mark Gaglione In the ever-evolving landscape of construction, a silent revolution is underway, and it goes by the name of mass…
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…
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…
The Ontario Government announced it is expanding the use of advanced wood construction like mass timber. Currently, Ontario’s Building Code allows Encapsulated Mass Timber Construction…
The Government of Canada and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM), announced an investment of $9.3 million ($1,226,080 in grants and $8,173,910 in loans) through…
The Government of Canada announced a $3.9-million contribution to the University of Toronto for the construction of a 14-storey mass timber academic and research tower…
The Government of B.C. announced proposed changes to the building code to expand the use of mass timber to build taller buildings. These changes will…
The Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE) announced the winners of its Structural Awards 2023, in a celebration of some of the world’s most impressive structural…
Centennial College held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to officially open A-Building ─ Canada’s first LEED Gold, zero carbon, mass timber, higher-education building. An Indigenous Working Group…
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…
Limberlost Place, Ontario’s first mass-timber, net-zero carbon emissions institutional building, has now reached the highest point in construction. The final wood and steel beams were…