Mass timber is gaining popularity in multi-storey construction projects across both Canada and the United States. The benefits of mass timber in terms of efficient construction and reduced staffing ...

The Canadian Province of British Columbia is updating its building code to expand the use of mass timber in building construction. The code will allow for encapsulated mass-timber construction (EMTC) ...

The Ontario government intends to amend its Building Code in the coming months to permit encapsulated mass timber construction up to 18 stories high. Currently, Ontario’s Building Code allows ...

There has never been a more important time to take responsibility for our actions. The world is experiencing unprecedented rates of change in climate, energy supply, technology, and business. The ...

What if we could build high-quality buildings without relying on traditional materials like concrete and drywall? Better yet, what if these buildings are built with sustainable materials, with ...

Our built environment is one of the planet’s biggest polluters, with buildings responsible for roughly 39% of global energy-related carbon emissions, 28% of which are operational and 11% from building ...

When Portland International Airport opens its refurbished main terminal in August, visitors will be met with a rippling 9-acre roof entirely constructed out of wood. The roof’s crests and valleys will ...

Northern Forest Center showcases construction with engineered wood products, in what may be the first in the Adirondacks ...

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Public Television viewers can soon go behind the scenes of the construction industry's most significant shift in a new segment of the TV show, All Access with Andy Garcia.

Looking back at the past 10 years in mass timber design—since our firm’s first mass timber building, the John W. Olver Design Building at the University of Massachusetts Amherst—it is evident that as ...