Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Wood Solutions Conference returning to Toronto
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…
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Mass timber in the digital environment
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 releases design guide for tall timber construction
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…
Canada supports innovative Hybrid Timber Floor System project
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…
Kelowna International Airport will use mass timber in terminal expansion
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…
Performance of mass timber during fire test similar to non-combustible
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…
New high-performance mass timber building opens in Vancouver
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…
Largest ever mass timber structure fire test to be conducted in Ottawa
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…
Research leads to innovative mass timber beam-to-column connection
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…
Toronto announces new mass timber pilot program for affordable rental housing
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…
Ontario’s first net zero mass timber academic building tops off
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…
B.C. launches Mass Timber Action Plan and four new infrastructure projects
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.…
Canada supporting sustainable and innovative construction with wood
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…
Centennial College’s A Block Expansion Project achieves zero carbon certification.
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…
George Brown College breaks ground on province’s tallest wood building
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 leading the way in mass timber’
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…
Setting the standard for measuring embodied carbon in timber construction
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…
The Future is Hybrid
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: Shaping the Future
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…
RESCON president named to hybrid steel and timber building project
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…
B.C. advances low-carbon building technologies
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…
Groundbreaking held at new University of Calgary business school
Without the fanfare or photo-ops typical of a groundbreaking ceremony, construction is underway at the University of Calgary on a new home for the Haskayne…
B.C. announces changes to its building code
The Government of British Columbia has announced updates to the B.C. Building and Plumbing Code (B.C. Building Code), aimed at supporting innovative construction methods to…
Mass Timber 2.0
The adoption of mass timber has been slow in Canada. There is a lack of knowledge of the material among project owners, zoning and building…