Construction is underway on a new 12-storey mass timber building that will provide 470 students with affordable on-campus housing at the British Columbia Institute of…
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…
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…
The Toronto Wood Solutions Conference is back – in person – on Thursday, November 24, 2022, from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, at the Paramount…
As momentum builds for the seemingly limitless potential of mass timber products and applications across the landscape of Canada’s construction projects, a unique collaborative spirit…
FPInnovations has launched its new Modelling Guide for Timber Structure. This a one-of-a-kind document gathers state-of-the-art information on the structural analysis of timber construction, providing practicing engineers…
Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson announced a combined Government of Canada contribution of over $550,000 to the Hybrid Timber Floor System Project led by EllisDon…
People travelling through the Kelowna International Airport (YLW) will benefit from an expansion and upgrade of the terminal, which will use mass timber through the…
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…
Government of Canada officials celebrated the official occupancy of oN5, an office building that is constructed using high-performance, insulated, prefabricated cross-laminated timber (CLT) panels. It…
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…
A Lakehead University Civil Engineering professor and graduate student have published the results of a new study on the fire performance of an innovative mass…
The City of Toronto announced a pilot program that will bring new affordable rental housing to the City-owned site at 1113-1117 Dundas St. W. (Dundas…
Designed in less than a year, manufactured in 12 weeks, and erected in 100 days, Ontario’s first mass timber academic building has officially topped off…
The province British Columbia announced it is launching the Mass Timber Action Plan as well as funding for four new mass-timber housing and infrastructure projects.…
Natural Resources Canada announced an $887,000 investment to support the replacement of the Duchesnay Creek Bridge that connects the City of North Bay and the…
The Centennial College A Block Expansion Project is looking to be one of the first mass timber, net-zero carbon post secondary education facilities, and was…
The largest-ever donation to George Brown College paved the way for a groundbreaking event, supporting the ongoing Waterfront Campus expansion with an Ontario first –…
Ontario is on its way to becoming a world leader in mass timber construction, according to the comments made during an information session hosted by…
Timber Development UK is bringing clarity to how to account for embodied carbon in timber construction with a newly released technical paper. ‘Assessing the carbon-related…
Using materials where they make the most sense. By Vincent Davenport and Mark Gaglione In Canada, mass timber construction is literally being taken to new…
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…
Richard Lyall, president of the Residential Construction Council of Ontario (RESCON), has been appointed to a steering committee of the Chicago-based Council on Tall Buildings and…
British Columbian homes and workplaces will benefit from more made-in-B.C. solutions aimed at reducing building energy costs and pollution. The CleanBC Building Innovation (CBBI) Fund…