Wentzel said that adoption of mass timber is happening “slowly but surely” and that building codes are being changed to allow for 12-storey engineered-timber buildings. It is theoretically possible to ...

The social media and tech conglomerate is looking to swap out steel and concrete for durable wood to lower the embodied ...

Interest is growing in mass-timber construction and new manufacturing facilities are popping up all over Canada. Proponents say the material is more sustainable and faster to work with than ...

The province may be ahead of the curve when it comes to new homebuilding practices based on prefabrication and modularity, ...

Earthquake According to the city staff report, mass timber is five times lighter than concrete and that difference can be advantageous in a building’s ability to withstand an earthquake. “It can be ...

Off-site building components, whether mass timber, storage containers or the various types of modular units, can be beneficial to getting projects done, but using them properly means understanding ...

The minister says B.C. could have as many as 10 new mass timber manufacturers by 2035, which could fill an anticipated 4,400 jobs in manufacturing, construction and design.

Mass timber for modular homes Rockridge Fine Homes is taking things a step further by building its prefabricated laneway homes out of cross-laminated timber (CLT), a form of eco-friendly mass timber.

An apartment inside Timber House, New York City's first mass-timber condo building, in 2022. New building regulations in Canada could make it easier to construct housing more quickly with mass timber.

Vancouver proper does not have any examples of an 18-storey mass timber building, but one was built recently at the University of B.C. Tallwood House student residence at Brock Commons is one of ...

Sustainable, precision-built, time-saving, modular “accessory dwelling units” on display at B.C. Home + Garden Show Joannah Connolly Feb 28, 2019 11:44 AM ...