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Mass Timber Fire Demonstration Test
NORTH AMERICA’S LARGEST MASS TIMBER FIRE TEST PERFORMED AS EXPECTED The test was attended by 150+ industry stakeholders and was a resounding success. Find our more on the dedicated site: https://firetests.cwc.ca/
WOOD WORKS! ALBERTA ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF THE 2022 PRAIRIE WOOD DESIGN AWARDS
WOOD WORKS! ALBERTA ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF THE 2022 PRAIRIE WOOD DESIGN AWARDS Celebrating exceptional wood architecture across the Prairies Wood WORKS! Alberta is excited to announce the winners of the 2022 Prairie Wood Design Awards program. This prestigious group of leading architects, engineers, and project teams are being recognized for their contributions in advancing the use of wood in construction
Ontario Recognizes Excellence in Innovative Wood Architecture
The Canadian Wood Council’s Ontario Wood WORKS! program joined forces with the Ontario Forest Industries Association’s (OFIA) AGM on April 19th in Toronto to recognize nine winning projects as part of the Ontario Wood Design Awards program. Vertical 6, CMV Group Architects Havergal Upper & Junior School, Diamond Schmitt Architects Oak Ridges Library, Perkins & Will Saint Benedict Parish Church, Larkin Architect Limited Friday Harbour
ELearning Website – Important Notice
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WoodWorks® Software ShearWalls Design Workshop
WoodWorks® Software Design Interactive Workshop – Shearwalls The WoodWorks® 2020 Software is a structural engineering software package developed to simplify and enhance the wood design process. It allows designers to experiment and explore the feasibility of using wood in structural applications following the NBC 2015 and the CSA O86-19/14. This ½ day workshop includes a presentation that will discuss the
Insurance Best Practices Guide
Insurance Best Practices Guide Now Available! Not sure where to start with your timber project? Unsure how to navigate builder’s risk insurance for your timber project? This guide can get you on the right track! Download the free PDF here! DOWNLOAD NOW!
Low Rise Commercial Construction in Wood Workshop
The exciting launch of our new guide book to low rise construction! Join us for a one day workshop (in person or online – however you feel comfortable). Hear from the perspective of an architect, engineer and builder as well as a detailed walk through of our new design guide! Each attendee will receive a copy of the guide. Registration open
Timber Talks 2.0
Timber Talks 2.0: Tanya Luthi, Vice President, Structures, Entuitive Barbara Murray and I of Canadian Wood Council were pleased to have an in depth conversation with one of the premiere mass timber engineers in our network, Tanya Luthi. In this interview we talk about Tanya’s journey from New York to Vancouver and back, what it’s like being involved in changing codes to allow CLT in
Atlantic Wood Design Awards
Wood Design Awards and Symposium – February 9th, 2022 Register Here AGENDA 10:00-11:00AM Session 1 – Mass Timber – CLT Design Considerations Presenter Name: Dan Tingley Abstract: Mass Timber has arrived in the world capital infrastructure marketplace while architects and structural engineers are trying to get educated about how to design with this new advanced engineered wood material. This paper discusses three important aspects of
BC local governments recognized for leadership in wood design and building at 2021 Union of BC Municipalities Convention
VANCOUVER, Sept. 17, 2021 – Leadership in structural and architectural wood use by local governments was recognized at the Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM) Convention in Vancouver this week. Five local governments were presented with 2021 Community Recognition Awards for use of wood in their community projects by Wood WORKS! BC. The province-wide awards are presented annually to communities that
Wood WORKS! BC Recognizes Excellence in Wood Architecture
Media release BC awards 2020 Vancouver, BC, July 14, 2021 – The Canadian Wood Council’s Wood WORKS! BC Program recognizes excellence in contemporary design and building with wood in Vancouver at the virtual 16th Wood Design Awards in B.C. Many design and building professionals joined the virtual event, including architects, structural engineers, members of project teams, local government, industry sponsors
2019-2020 Wood Design Award Book wins EXCEL Gold award
2019-2020 Wood Design Award Book wins the EXCEL Gold award in the General audience book category This award is presented by The Associations, Media & Publishing Network – a division of SIIA. General audience book category recognizes best writing and overall packaging of a printed or digital book written for a non-technical or lay audience. Judge Criteria: Quality of design
NEW! Case Study: Wood in Low-Rise Commercial Buildings
Wood WORKS! BC is pleased to announce its latest case study on low-rise commercial buildings. This case study examines three recently completed low-rise commercial buildings in BC featuring mass timber products and systems as viable and innovative structural solutions. These projects demonstrate reduced carbon impacts, accelerated speed of construction and enhanced building performance, and showcase mass timber and technologically advanced wood systems
16th Annual Community Recognition Awards
This is the 16th year that Wood WORKS! BC has recognized and celebrated the successes of communities around the province which have built projects using wood. The nomination form for the 2021 Community Recognition Awards is available online HERE. If you know of a wood structure that was completed by a local government in the last four years, please consider
Oakville Fire Station Case Study
Check out Ontario’s newest case study: Oakville Fire Station #8!
The Canadian Wood Council is pleased to share our latest report – Insuring Timber
The Canadian Wood Council is pleased to share our latest report – Insuring Timber. Over the years, CWC has commissioned several studies to investigate and understand the workings of the Canadian and Global Insurance industry as it relates to #timber. Taking a slight detour from our usual focus on technical support, this document provides a high level overview of our
Prairie Wood Design Award Winners Announced
Celebrating Leaders in Sustainable Design Alberta Wood WORKS! is honoured to announce the winners of the Prairie Wood Design Awards 2021 program. The projects included thoughtful restorations and exceptional new buildings, that showcase our proud heritage of wood construction and create legacies within our communities. Congratulations to the winners: Métis Crossing Cultural Gathering Centre – Smoky Lake, Alberta Manasc Isaac,
Innovation and ingenuity in structural engineering showcased in new mass timber office in Vancouver
Innovation and ingenuity in structural engineering showcased in new mass timber office in Vancouver Four-Storey Building Receives Support from NRCan’s Green Construction through Wood Program VANCOUVER, March 2, 2021 — The new head office for internationally-renowned structural engineering firm, Fast + Epp, is being recognized by the Canadian Wood Council and the BC forest industry for its innovation and ingenuity
Ontario Wood Design Award Winners Announced
Ontario Recognizes Excellence in Wood Architecture Winning Projects Celebrated & Announced during OFIA Convention
National Wood Design & Building Awards Announced
Press Release – Inspiring Excellence in Wood Architecture Design
New technical reports outline viable three- and four-storey wood school building options
The Canadian Wood Council and Wood WORKS! BC are pleased to announce the release of two technical reports, one cost comparison report and one life-cycle analysis report related to the use of mass timber and/or wood-frame construction in taller schools than currently permitted under the BC Building Code. Some BC school boards have identified the need for larger 3- and
Builder’s Risk Insurance
The wood products construction industry has developed several technologies in recent years. Exciting products like mass timber allow for large, complex timber buildings in commercial and institutional construction. These buildings have traditionally been built using concrete or steel systems. However, with the innovation of timber products and complex framing systems, these buildings can be safely and efficiently framed using timber. Building
BC communities lauded for architectural and structural use of wood in design and building
NORTH VANCOUVER, September 23, 2020 – As the virtual annual convention of the Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM) is underway this week, leading BC organizations involved with wood in design and building are applauding local governments for their vision and leadership for wood use in communities. Wood WORKS! BC together with BC Wood are noting the many community projects in
A Nuclear First for Canada – Wood Used at the Chalk River Laboratories
The wood products industry can add ‘nuclear’ to its resume! The Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) project located in Chalk River, represents the first research campus in the country to use engineered mass timber as a structural material. The new wood hybrid buildings will receive support under the Green Construction through Wood (GCWood) Program. The Program, administered by Natural Resources Canada,
NEW Online Tool for Wood Construction – CodeCHEK: Webinar hosted by Wood WORKS! BC
Wednesday, October 21st, 2020 – 1pm PDT – webinar Presented by Marc Alam, Manager, Codes & Standards – Fire, at the Canadian Wood Council, this webinar will cover two new free online tools for checking wood design and construction building code conformance: Codices and FRR & STC tools. CodeCHEK allows designers, builders, as well as building and fire officials
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