Studies
- Second Edition ‘The Case for Tall Wood Buildings” – How Mass Timber Offers a Safe, Economical and Environmentally Friendly Alternative for Tal Building Structures, by MGA | Michael Green Architecture
- “The Case for Tall Wood Buildings – How Mass Timber Offers a Safe, Economical, and Environmentally Friendly Alternative for Tall Building Structures“, by MGA ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN, Equilibrium Consulting, LMDG Ltd, and BTY Group (February 2012) (8.5 Mb)
- “The Historical Development of the Building Size Limits in the National Building Code of Canada (17 Mb)
- “Case Studies of Risk-to-Life due to Fire in Mid- and High-Rise, Combustible and Non-combustible Buildings Using CUrisk“, by Xia Zhang and George Hadjisophocleous of Carleton University, and Jim Mehaffey of CHM Fire Consultants Ltd. (March 2015) (2.3 Mb)
- “Fire Safety Challenges of Tall Wood Buildings”, by Robert Gerard and David Barber – Arup North America Ltd; Armin Wolski, San Francisco, CA; for the National Fire Protection Association’s Fire Protection Research Foundation (December 2013)
- Ontario Tall Wood Reference Guide (8.04 MB)
Reports
Fire Research
Acoustics Research and Guides
Tall Wood Building Demonstration Initiative Test Reports
(funding provided by Natural Resources Canada)
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