As this year winds down, Construction Canada is revealing what were the website’s most popular features and articles from 2017. Reread a favorite or check out a piece you missed the first time around.
Tag: Wood
Last month, Québec City’s Université Laval announced research infrastructure plans to develop more environmentally friendly densification and finishing solutions for interior wood products. The research aims to position Canada as a global leader in...
Ontario students catch TimberFever
(11/06/2017)
Last month, Toronto’s Ryerson University in partnership with the city-based Moses Structural Engineers, announced the winners of TimberFever—an annual competition where students are asked to build a life-size structure out of wood. Sixteen teams...
Designing with engineered wood products
(10/16/2017)
Multifamily construction represents nearly half of Canada’s housing starts, and the trend toward more urban housing is pushing developers and designers to adopt design methods that meet the burgeoning demand for innovative apartment and...
There is still time to submit nominations for the Ontario WoodWorks Wood Design Awards, which close at midnight on September 15.
Recent tests make CLT’s fire performance a hot topic
(08/21/2017)
Five fire tests conducted by the U.S. International Code Council (ICC) Ad-hoc Committee on Tall Wood Buildings at the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Fire Research Laboratory have met with positive...
Ontario to reach new heights with tall wood building
(08/14/2017)
George Brown College is moving forward with construction of Ontario’s first tall wood institutional building, which will be known as ‘the Arbour.’
Historically, wood has been associated with a cost-effective way of building safe housing and neighbourhoods, and that tradition should be continued. Wood construction allows homebuyers the opportunity to purchase a modern, spacious, and affordable...
More than 400 design/construction professionals celebrated structural and architectural wood projects at the Vancouver Convention Centre earlier this month for the WoodWorks BC 2017 Wood Design Awards.
Discovering tall wood construction with CWC
(02/13/2017)
Ontario construction professionals will have the chance to explore the growing influence of wood on the construction industry next week, with three upcoming seminars from the Canada Wood Council (CWC) on February 21 and...
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