mass timber
Construction Business
Fast + Epp builds new mass timber hybrid office
Excavation has begun on Fast + Epp’s new four-storey mass timber home office, located at 7th and Yukon Street in Vancouver.
Construction Business
Resilient and beautiful: wood wins hearts
Along with the strength needed to last in heavy duty applications, wood has its own unique advantages in commercial and industrial timber buildings.
Construction Business
Timber for Two
The mid-rise, not the attention seeking wood skyscraper, will ultimately transform the way we see wood-frame and mass-timber construction.
Construction Business
B.C. commits to using wood in major projects
Two major B.C. projects will be required to use engineered wood as the provincial government moves to help revive the forest industry.
Design Quarterly
Langley’s first mass timber development set to rise
Langley, British Columbia is set to become the home of the Fraser Valley’s first ever residential mass timber development - Legacy on Park Avenue.
Construction Business
B.C. first to allow 12-storey mass timber builds
B.C. will be first in Canada to allow 12-storey mass timber buildings. The current building code allows only six-storey mass timber buildings.
Design Quarterly
Adera breaks ground on mass timber project
Adera Development has broken ground on its latest project, Crest, in North Vancouver. It will be the community’s first entirely mass timber development.
Design Quarterly
Katerra acquires Michael Green Architecture
Katerra has acquired Michael Green Architecture Inc. (MGA), a Vancouver based recognized leader in mass timber architecture.
Design Quarterly
Winners announced at 2018 Wood Design Awards in B.C.
At the 14th annual Wood Design Awards, the innovative architectural and structural design of taller and larger mass timber buildings took centre stage.
Design Quarterly
Terrace House obtains alternative solution approval
Terrace House in Vancouver has received official approval to use exposed mass timber in the top 7-storeys of this 19-storey building.
Construction Business
StructureCraft opens new facility in Abbotsford
StructureCraft has built a new state-of-the-art facility in Abbotsford, British Columbia and is now the first North American manufacturer of DLT.
Design Quarterly
Guide for NLT design and construction a first
A new comprehensive guide on Nail-Laminated Timber (NLT) with detailed expert advice is now available for Canada’s design and construction community.
CondoBusiness
UBC Wesbrook Village condo reaches key milestone
The final mass timber panel has been installed at Adera’s Virtuoso project in UBC’s Wesbrook Village, marking a key milestone in its construction.
REMI Network
Quebec launches mass timber building guide
The Government of Québec announced the publication of a technical guide entitled, "Construction of Mass Timber Buildings Up to 12 Storeys."
