wood construction
Construction Business
Mass timber demonstration projects receive funding
B.C. is providing funding for 12 mass timber demonstration and research projects. The Mass Timber Demonstration Program offers $4.2 million.
Construction Business
Fast + Epp receives funding for mass timber office
Vancouver structural engineering firm, Fast + Epp has received federal funding for construction of their four-storey mass timber head office.
Construction Business
Four-storey wood school design in British Columbia
The report Four-Storey Wood School Design in British Columbia: An Analysis of Structural System Cost Comparisons looks at framing options.
Design Quarterly
Getting serious about climate smart construction
Climate change and its associated effects may be a global challenge, but B.C. municipalities are taking action to reduce its impacts.
Construction Business
How IPD can transform design and construction
Integrated project delivery (IPD) is proving very effective for the design and construction of prefabricated mass timber buildings.
Canadian Property Management
5 (More) Reasons to Design with Timber
Mark Ritchie, a Principal with RJC Engineers, discusses the benefits of working with mass timber over other building materials.
Design Quarterly
Upper Skeena Recreation Centre officially opens
The Upper Skeena Recreation Centre in Hazelton, B.C. officially opened on September 14, 2019. The centre is also known as the Heart of the Hazeltons.
Construction Business
Kelowna adopts 12-storey wood construction
The City of Kelowna is participating in B.C.'s Early Adoption initiative that would allow wood frame buildings to be built up to 12 storeys tall.
Construction Business
New book explores the story of B.C. wood
British Columbia’s cutting‐edge wood architecture and design are featured in the newly released book, Naturally Wood.
Design Quarterly
Building with wood to ease student housing crunch
Trinity Western University has built the tallest modular wood-frame residence in Canada. The five-storey Jacobson Hall was was completed in just nine month.
REMI Network
Skyscraper construction due for radical change
Skyscrapers command skylines around the globe and are slowly evolving to meet the demands for better efficiency and sustainability.
