Webinar: Local Government support for Modern Methods of Construction

Explore how BC cities are advancing mass timber through planning policies, permitting reforms, sustainability goals, and housing.

Learn how leading cities across BC are supporting the adoption of modern methods of construction. This session will explore what policies and incentives cities have adopted to support mass timber in the planning and development approval process, how building departments are revising their permitting processes to support offsite and prefab construction, and how recent Official Community Plan (OCP) amendments have included more land use categories to support mass timber in mid and high rise applications. It will also examine how mass timber helps meet other City objectives, from low carbon emission goals for new construction to rapid housing targets, and highlight new and exciting projects in each of these cities that are in planning, under construction, or recently completed using mass timber.

Presented in partnership with Senzomatic.

Local Government support for Modern Methods of Construction

🗓️ Thursday, July 9, 2026
🕛 1:00 p.m. EST / 10:00 a.m. PST

Learning Outcomes

1. Identify municipal policies, incentives, and planning tools that support the adoption of mass timber construction.

2. Understand how permitting and development approval processes are evolving to accommodate offsite, prefabricated, and mass timber construction methods.

3. Learn how Official Community Plans and land-use policies can create opportunities for mass timber in mid- and high-rise development.

4. Assess how mass timber construction can help municipalities achieve broader objectives related to housing delivery, sustainability, and emissions reduction.