mass timber
Construction Business
WSP engineering selected for RBCM building
WSP will be providing a number of engineering services for the new Royal BC Museum (RBCM) building.
Construction Business
Construction starts on BCIT student housing
Construction is underway on a new 12-storey mass-timber building that will provide 470 students with affordable on-campus housing.
Design Quarterly
Mass timber Vancouver school opens
The seismic replacement is complete on Bayview Community Elementary in Vancouver, featuring mass timber.
Canadian Property Management
Making the Move to Mass Timber
Canada and the world have begun to embrace mass timber as a preferred construction material for large building projects.
Construction Business
Prefabrication: tremendous opportunities
Prefabrication offers many advantages to build more efficiently, helping to address challenges the construction industry is facing.
Construction Business
Maple Reinders wins Royal BC Museum contract
Maple Reinders has been awarded the contract for the Royal BC Museum Collections and Research Building.
REMI Network
UFV student housing project team selected
Turner Construction Company and Clark Builders have been selected to build student housing at the UFV in B.C.
Construction Business
Fast + Epp wins structural engineering awards
Vancouver Fast + Epp has won not one but two awards from the National Council of Structural Engineers Association.
Construction Business
Denver’s tallest mass timber project breaks ground in 2023
Designed by Tres Birds, Denver’s tallest mass timber building will break ground in 2023. The 12-storey building is named “Return to Form.”
Construction Business
Driving change in the built environment
The B.C. government is driving change in the built environment by mandating mass timber construction in public procurements.
Construction Business
Updated resource guide for tall wood construction
FPInnovations’ 2022 edition of its Technical Guide for the Design and Construction of Tall Wood Buildings in Canada is available.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Adera launches two mass timber projects in Vancouver
Adera Development Corporation announced it is bringing two mass timber residential developments to the Vancouver market, with construction set to begin this fall.
REMI Network
New on-campus housing opens at UVic
An eight-storey student-housing building with 385 beds has opened at the University of Victoria, offering more living arrangements in a city with one of the lowest rental vacancy rates in the province.
Construction Business
BCIT receives funding for mass timber program
BCIT has received $250,000 in funding to build on the new construction of mass timber structures associate certificate.
Construction Business
New post-secondary campus for Langford
A new collaborative post-secondary campus will be built in downtown Langford, featuring a five-storey mass timber building.
Design Quarterly
Hybrid Timber Floor Project receives funding
The Hybrid Timber Floor System (HTFS) Project led by EllisDon and Dialog has received more than $550,000 in combined funding.
Construction Business
Kelowna Airport to showcase mass timber
The nearly 8,000-square-metre Kelowna International Airport expansion will showcase mass timber construction.
