by mbuckstein | October 17, 2012 10:10 am
At the Union of B.C. Municipalities convention in Victoria last month, the annual WoodWorks! B.C. Community Recognition Awards were presented to local governments employing wood in new projects.
An initiative of the Canada Wood Council (CWC), the program encourages use of the material in various types of structures, explained Mary Tracey, WoodWorks! B.C.’s executive director.
“Not only is there a strong historical context for wood use in British Columbia, but wood and forests are also such a prominent element in much of the province. It is fitting for wood to become embedded in community infrastructure,” she told Construction Canada Online.
This year’s winners are:
Close to 50 local B.C. governments have adopted the Wood First Act, which aims to require provincially funded projects to use wood as the primary building material within the B.C. Building Code (BCBC).
Source URL: https://www.constructioncanada.net/b-c-communities-recognized-for-wood-construction/
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