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Join the Webinar: Sound and Vibration to explore mass timber’s acoustics, comparing sound transmission and absorption to steel and concrete.

Webinar: Sound and Vibration in Mass Timber Buildings: A Practical Guide

  • Design Examples, Engineering, Mass Timber, Publications, Wood Design
The University of Toronto Academic Tower at the Goldring Centre, featuring a modern architectural design with a glass facade and a brown sloped roof, overlooking a sports field.

The Goldring Centre – University of Toronto Academic Tower

Province: Ontario
City: Toronto
Project Category: Institutional
Major Classification: D  – Offices
Height: 14 Storeys
Building Area: 176,549 ft2

Description:

The University of Toronto’s new academic tower is a14 storey mass timber building, currently under construction, built with GLT components. Realizing an innovative building of this size and complexity that goes beyond prescriptive height limit of the Ontario Building Code required extensive support and a capable, timber experienced project team. Technical project interactions with WoodWorks staff date back to 2016 and we have tracked 21 direct interactions related to this project. A deeper look at our project data reveals that the project team had an additional 23 indirect interactions with the WoodWorks team (attending events, requesting technical documents, etc.). The project team has 28 projects in their combined experience portfolio, indicating an experienced, supported design team was able to push forward an alternative solutions success storey and one of North America’s tallest wood buildings.

 

  • Fire Codes, Fire Resistance, Fire Safety, Mass Timber

Large-Scale Fire Tests of A Mass Timber Building Structure

The Canadian Wood Council partnered with federal and provincial governments and organizations, as well as key experts, to conduct a series of five fire research burns on a full-scale mass timber structure in Ottawa. The primary purpose of the project was to support market acceptance of tall and large mass timber buildings in Canada and to encourage the construction of buildings that include mass timber.

  • CWC, Educational Buildings, Mass Timber, Sustainable Design, Vancouver Schools

Advancing Mass Timber Systems in Vancouver Schools

  • Commercial Buildings, construction, low rise buildings, Low-rise, Low-rise Buildings, lowrise, Mass Timber

Low-Rise Commercial Construction in Wood

Across Canada, the low-rise non-residential sector—think offices, retail stores, warehouses, and restaurants—presents a major growth opportunity for structural wood systems, including light wood-frame, heavy timber, mass timber, and hybrid construction.

Together, retail, office, and light industrial warehouse buildings account for nearly 75% of new floor space in this market each year. Yet despite their scale, these segments continue to show low uptake of structural wood.

As retailers adapt to the shift toward online shopping and businesses compete to attract talent, the design and performance of their buildings matter more than ever. Wood offers a sustainable, visually appealing solution that enhances employee well-being and elevates commercial spaces.

This new technical publication explores the market potential, challenges, and the role wood can play in redefining this sector.

Timber for the Masses
Mass Timber: Unlocking the Mysteries of Connection Design and Fabrication
Demystifying Acoustics for All Wood Buildings
Guide to Encapsulated Mass Timber Construction in the Ontario Building Code
Tallwood 1
The Sara Cultural Centre
Innovative Envelope Solutions for Mass Timber
Practical and Advanced Modeling for Design and Performance of Mass Timber Structures
Mass Timber Designs for Rapid Housing Projects
Overview of the Ottawa Mass Timber Fire Test
Light Wood Frame and Mass Timber Hybrid Mid-Rise Construction
Understanding the New EMTC Provisions in the Ontario Building Code

Timber for the Masses

Course Overview With so many compelling reason to build with mass timber the question is no longer ‘why?’ but ‘how?’. As a construction method in its own right, mass...

Mass Timber: Unlocking the Mysteries of Connection Design and Fabrication

Course Overview Melissa will discuss the role of the specialty structural engineer in glulam connection design for your project. Tips will be provided to help streamline the...

Demystifying Acoustics for All Wood Buildings

Course Overview This presentation defines Acoustic building code requirements and discusses important acoustic principles in mass timber construction. Learning Objectives...

Guide to Encapsulated Mass Timber Construction in the Ontario Building Code

Course Overview This 2-hour technical webinar will begin with an overview of ongoing fire research at the National Research Council of Canada into various performance aspects...

Tallwood 1

Course Overview Mass timber has garnered a lot of interest in Ontario in recent years and with the recent adoption of the encapsulated mass timber construction requirements...

The Sara Cultural Centre

Course Overview The Sara Cultural Centre broadens the application of a full timber construction and proves that timber is a viable solution for virtually any building type....

Innovative Envelope Solutions for Mass Timber

Course Overview As society strives toward lower-carbon construction and increased operational efficiency of the built environment, we know that a building’s envelope...

Practical and Advanced Modeling for Design and Performance of Mass Timber Structures

Course Overview FPInnovations’s Modeling Guide for Timber Structures is the result of global collaboration from over 100 experts. This definitive guide for timber structure...

Mass Timber Designs for Rapid Housing Projects

Course Overview In 2021, YW of Kitchener-Waterloo (YWKW) obtained funding from the federal Rapid Housing Initiative (RHI) to construct supportive housing for homeless women...

Overview of the Ottawa Mass Timber Fire Test

Course Overview The presentation will provide an overview of the Mass Timber Demonstration Fire Tests which were conducted during the summer and fall of 2022. Past research...

Light Wood Frame and Mass Timber Hybrid Mid-Rise Construction

Course Overview 55 Franklin in Kitchener, Ontario, is a four-building complex of mid-rise residential buildings that the project team is using as an opportunity to explore...

Understanding the New EMTC Provisions in the Ontario Building Code

Course Overview This 2-hour technical webinar will begin with an overview of ongoing fire research at the National Research Council of Canada into various performance aspects...

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