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WHAT’S NEW?
The 2020 Wood Design & Building Awards is NOW OPEN for submissions!
Are you, or someone you know, involved in a project that embodies the essence of innovative wood design? Submit your project(s) to our Awards program for your chance to be featured in various conferences, press releases, and highlighted in the Wood Design & Building award winning and popularly circulated
Virtual Map Highlights Leading-Edge Wood Buildings throughout Canada
The Canadian Wood Council and Forests Ontario kicked off the start of National Forest Week with the launch of their new, interactive digital map featuring wood buildings across Canada. The map celebrates the benefits of building with wood by highlighting select projects from coast to coast.
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.
2020 Catherine Lalonde Memorial Scholarships for Wood Related Research
2020 Catherine Lalonde Memorial Scholarships Application
The Catherine Lalonde Memorial scholarship is awarded to graduate students who demonstrate excellence in their studies of structural wood or wood design. The Canadian Wood Council invites submissions from graduate students in engineering, architecture,
The PHHS Boiler Building at the Sierra Institute uses CrossLam CLT and GlulamPLUS across the design and construction of both the walls and the floors.
Our new factory in St. Thomas, Ontario, makes #CLT AND #Glulam. Check out this beautiful glulam post-and-beam building under construction.
This is a tremendous opportunity for cities to bring wood into urban environments. Wood is on the rise and it makes sense we examine the best way to integrate it into our designs — with other materials, systems and into a wider variety of building types.
The New Green Building Revolution Uses Timber to Build âPlyscrapers‘ That Save Tons of CO2
Advances in plywood technology have led to an explosion in the construction of timber skyscrapers, in the US, Austria, Norway, and Japan.
lnkd.in
An interesting read from @Stantec on using Timber in student housing projects!
#MassTimber #studenthousing #BuildwithWood
https://www.stantec.com/en/ideas/wood-and-timber-in-student-housing-design
RT: Join us January 28 for our upcoming workshop: Engineering Essentials for Connections in Timber with Dr. Ghasan Doudak @uOttawa , Brent Bunting @SimpsonStrongTi and Brock O'Donnell @RothoblaasCA Register at http://wood-works.ca
@wood_works
The Future of Prefabrication is here! Learn how digital design and automation in mass timber are changing today’s building industry @AIBCconnected symposium, hosted by #UBCForestry @cawpubc @bcit @UBCSALA @UNBC & @UWaterloo. Register now: https://prefabbuildingsymposium.com/
Mass Timber Gymnasium is being assembled at Sir Matthew Begbie in Vancouver, BC. @Structurlam. @fast_epp. @hcma. So proud of our Beam Craft team of professional mass timber installers.
Des chercheurs de l’université de Kyoto, au #Japon, planchent actuellement sur un tout premier prototype de #satellite en #bois qui serait tout aussi performant que ses prédécesseurs, mais se désintègrerait complètement à la fin de sa vie utile. #wood
https://cecobois.com/actualites/bientot-des-satellites-plus-ecologiques-en-bois/
Happy New Year Everyone!
Kicking things off for Project of the Month for January is USVA Nordik Spa. The project is located in Moncton, NB and won the ‘Non-Residential Building Award for New Brunswick’ at our most recent Wood Design Awards. #award #project #wood #newyear
Our 2021 Annual Conference #GrowingOurFuture will feature Derek Nighbor (@DerekNighbor), President & CEO of @FPAC_APFC, speaking at Session 1: The Working Forest! For the first time, we're going virtual so you can tune in from anywhere. Register today: http://ow.ly/NjhK50CRcrX
Thanks to our #AllianceNetwork for their ongoing support of CHBA during an unusual year! @altusgroup @AvidRatings @CdnWoodFacts @CHBAModular @DuPont_News @FedInsCanada @GentekCanada @Sagen @HomeDepot @JELDWEN @LubrizolCorp @MNP_LLP @NAIMACanada @NRCgov @OwensCorning @RBC @Resideo
What a year 2020 was! Take a look at some of the projects our glulam is featured in ✨
#MassTimber #glulam #2020inReview
Thank you to our friends at @mosesstructures for this #Holiday Activity Book, which is sure to engage kids & adults alike with colouring pages, crosswords & other fun games! Check it out: http://ow.ly/Ju5650CR8RZ
We love how this structure looks lit up for the holidays 🎄
If you happen to have tickets for Luminaria this year, go and check it out!
#HappyHolidays #WoodStructure #BuildWithWood
Check out this article featuring some of our work with @RJC_Engineers!
#MassTimber #BuildWithWood #WoodArchitecture
Mass Timber: An Interview with RJC's Leon Plett and Terry Bergen
Innovia sat down with RJC Engineers Managing Principals Leon Plett & Terry Bergen to discuss an area of increasing interest to AEC industries: mass ti...
innoviapartners.com
Mass timber is a win-win situation not only for the environment, but also for our forests, by encouraging proper forest management, and for our local communities!
How Mass Timber Could Help Reduce Wildfire Risk
The burgeoning industry of mass timber has the potential to drastically reduce the carbon footprint of buildings, but also help with wildfire mitigati...
ow.ly
The newest #ItTakesAForest billboard has been launched on Hwy 11 in Haileybury, Ontario! We partnered with @FONOM, @TemShoresCity, @FedNor, and @CdnWoodFacts to put up a sign promoting the role sustainable forestry plays in fighting #climatechange.
How can #MassTimber and #WoodBuildings help contribute to Canada's economic recovery? Check out these recommendations set out by @FPAC_APFC!
https://www.fpac.ca/wp-content/uploads/12-09-20_FPACPandemicRecoveryReport_EN.pdf
A follow up from our previous post about the beautiful #glulman, post-and-beam, lakeside home. Here you can see the structure being assembled. Stay tuned for our finished video coming soon!
ANNONCE SURPRISE
Grâce @CdnWoodFacts , les frais d'inscription de 50$ du Défi Cecobois 2021 seront exceptionnellement remboursés après votre participation.
Nous prolongeons l'inscription jusqu'au 4 décembre afin de vous laisser le temps d'en profiter.
https://www.deficecobois.com/
WHAT’S NEW?
The 2020 Wood Design & Building Awards is NOW OPEN for submissions!
Are you, or someone you know, involved in a project that embodies the essence of innovative wood design? Submit your project(s) to our Awards program for your chance to be featured in various conferences, press releases, and highlighted in the Wood Design & Building award winning and popularly circulated
Virtual Map Highlights Leading-Edge Wood Buildings throughout Canada
The Canadian Wood Council and Forests Ontario kicked off the start of National Forest Week with the launch of their new, interactive digital map featuring wood buildings across Canada. The map celebrates the benefits of building with wood by highlighting select projects from coast to coast.
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.
2020 Catherine Lalonde Memorial Scholarships for Wood Related Research
2020 Catherine Lalonde Memorial Scholarships Application
The Catherine Lalonde Memorial scholarship is awarded to graduate students who demonstrate excellence in their studies of structural wood or wood design. The Canadian Wood Council invites submissions from graduate students in engineering, architecture,
The PHHS Boiler Building at the Sierra Institute uses CrossLam CLT and GlulamPLUS across the design and construction of both the walls and the floors.
Our new factory in St. Thomas, Ontario, makes #CLT AND #Glulam. Check out this beautiful glulam post-and-beam building under construction.
This is a tremendous opportunity for cities to bring wood into urban environments. Wood is on the rise and it makes sense we examine the best way to integrate it into our designs — with other materials, systems and into a wider variety of building types.
The New Green Building Revolution Uses Timber to Build âPlyscrapers‘ That Save Tons of CO2
Advances in plywood technology have led to an explosion in the construction of timber skyscrapers, in the US, Austria, Norway, and Japan.
lnkd.in
An interesting read from @Stantec on using Timber in student housing projects!
#MassTimber #studenthousing #BuildwithWood
https://www.stantec.com/en/ideas/wood-and-timber-in-student-housing-design
RT: Join us January 28 for our upcoming workshop: Engineering Essentials for Connections in Timber with Dr. Ghasan Doudak @uOttawa , Brent Bunting @SimpsonStrongTi and Brock O'Donnell @RothoblaasCA Register at http://wood-works.ca
@wood_works
The Future of Prefabrication is here! Learn how digital design and automation in mass timber are changing today’s building industry @AIBCconnected symposium, hosted by #UBCForestry @cawpubc @bcit @UBCSALA @UNBC & @UWaterloo. Register now: https://prefabbuildingsymposium.com/
Mass Timber Gymnasium is being assembled at Sir Matthew Begbie in Vancouver, BC. @Structurlam. @fast_epp. @hcma. So proud of our Beam Craft team of professional mass timber installers.
Des chercheurs de l’université de Kyoto, au #Japon, planchent actuellement sur un tout premier prototype de #satellite en #bois qui serait tout aussi performant que ses prédécesseurs, mais se désintègrerait complètement à la fin de sa vie utile. #wood
https://cecobois.com/actualites/bientot-des-satellites-plus-ecologiques-en-bois/
Happy New Year Everyone!
Kicking things off for Project of the Month for January is USVA Nordik Spa. The project is located in Moncton, NB and won the ‘Non-Residential Building Award for New Brunswick’ at our most recent Wood Design Awards. #award #project #wood #newyear
Our 2021 Annual Conference #GrowingOurFuture will feature Derek Nighbor (@DerekNighbor), President & CEO of @FPAC_APFC, speaking at Session 1: The Working Forest! For the first time, we're going virtual so you can tune in from anywhere. Register today: http://ow.ly/NjhK50CRcrX
Thanks to our #AllianceNetwork for their ongoing support of CHBA during an unusual year! @altusgroup @AvidRatings @CdnWoodFacts @CHBAModular @DuPont_News @FedInsCanada @GentekCanada @Sagen @HomeDepot @JELDWEN @LubrizolCorp @MNP_LLP @NAIMACanada @NRCgov @OwensCorning @RBC @Resideo
What a year 2020 was! Take a look at some of the projects our glulam is featured in ✨
#MassTimber #glulam #2020inReview
Thank you to our friends at @mosesstructures for this #Holiday Activity Book, which is sure to engage kids & adults alike with colouring pages, crosswords & other fun games! Check it out: http://ow.ly/Ju5650CR8RZ
We love how this structure looks lit up for the holidays 🎄
If you happen to have tickets for Luminaria this year, go and check it out!
#HappyHolidays #WoodStructure #BuildWithWood
Check out this article featuring some of our work with @RJC_Engineers!
#MassTimber #BuildWithWood #WoodArchitecture
Mass Timber: An Interview with RJC's Leon Plett and Terry Bergen
Innovia sat down with RJC Engineers Managing Principals Leon Plett & Terry Bergen to discuss an area of increasing interest to AEC industries: mass ti...
innoviapartners.com
Mass timber is a win-win situation not only for the environment, but also for our forests, by encouraging proper forest management, and for our local communities!
How Mass Timber Could Help Reduce Wildfire Risk
The burgeoning industry of mass timber has the potential to drastically reduce the carbon footprint of buildings, but also help with wildfire mitigati...
ow.ly
The newest #ItTakesAForest billboard has been launched on Hwy 11 in Haileybury, Ontario! We partnered with @FONOM, @TemShoresCity, @FedNor, and @CdnWoodFacts to put up a sign promoting the role sustainable forestry plays in fighting #climatechange.
How can #MassTimber and #WoodBuildings help contribute to Canada's economic recovery? Check out these recommendations set out by @FPAC_APFC!
https://www.fpac.ca/wp-content/uploads/12-09-20_FPACPandemicRecoveryReport_EN.pdf
A follow up from our previous post about the beautiful #glulman, post-and-beam, lakeside home. Here you can see the structure being assembled. Stay tuned for our finished video coming soon!
ANNONCE SURPRISE
Grâce @CdnWoodFacts , les frais d'inscription de 50$ du Défi Cecobois 2021 seront exceptionnellement remboursés après votre participation.
Nous prolongeons l'inscription jusqu'au 4 décembre afin de vous laisser le temps d'en profiter.
https://www.deficecobois.com/