en-ca

Choose Your Language

Apply a language to the entire website.

Language

English FlagEnglish
French FlagFrench

Webstore

Canadian Wood Council (Conseil Canadien du Bois) logo featuring a stylized golden maple leaf.

Searching for: Wood

Searching results for “Wood”

Popular Topics: Mass Timber Fire Tests Sustainability Events

384 results found...
Sort By Dropdown Icon

LINEAR DYNAMIC ANALYSIS FOR WOOD BASED SHEAR WALLS AND PODIUM STRUCTURES

  • CWC, Economic Benefits, Social Benefits, Sustainability, Wood Buildings

Social & Economic Benefits of Wood Buildings

  • Adaptive Design, CWC, Resilient Design, Sustainability, Wood Structures

Resilient and Adaptive Design Using Wood

  • CWC, Economy, Strength, Structural Engineering, Versatility, Wood Trusses

IBS2 – WOOD TRUSSES – STRENGTH, ECONOMY, VERSATILITY

  • CWC, Durability, Moisture Control, Structural Wood, Wood-frame Buildings

IBS1 – Moisture and Wood-Frame Buildings

  • CWC, Ontario, Reference Guide, Structural Engineering, wood bridges

ONTARIO WOOD BRIDGE REFERENCE GUIDE

  • BP6, CWC, Moisture Control, Technical Guide, Wood Durability

BP6 – MANAGING MOISTURE AND WOOD

  • 2014 Edition, CWC, Engineering Guide, Structural Wood, Wood Frame Construction

Engineering Guide for Wood Frame Construction 2014

  • Basics, CWC, Platform Structures, Vertical Movement, Wood Engineering

Vertical Movement In Wood Platform Frame Structures – Basics

  • CWC, Design Solutions, Platform Structures, Structural Engineering, Vertical Movement

Vertical Movement In Wood Platform Frame Structures – Design and Detailing Solutions

  • CWC, Movement Prediction, Platform Frames, Structural Wood, Vertical Movement

Vertical Movement In Wood Platform Frame Structures – Movement Prediction

  • CWC, Educational Buildings, Low-rise, Ontario Reference, Wood Construction

Wood Use In Low Rise Educational Buildings Ontario Reference Guide 2012

Factory Finishing
Performance Factors
Finishing Quick Tips
Glossary
Canadian Preservation Industry
Durability Research and Development
Wood’s Durable Heritage
Wood Advantages
Mid-Rise Buildings
Bridges
FAQs
National Model Codes in Canada

Factory Finishing

Select heartwood where possible to minimize nutrient content of wood surfaces and prevent nutrients migrating through the coating to support fungal growth on the surface....

Performance Factors

How long will an exterior wood coating last?  Anywhere from a few months to 20 years or more, depending on the choice of product, how it was applied, and how severe the...

Finishing Quick Tips

For new wood, remember: The wood must be dry.  Drying time depends on a few factors. Ideally the wood should be kiln-dried (stamped “S-DRY”, “KD” or “KDAT”, see...

Glossary

Acrylic A type of water-borne coating product containing acrylic polymers. Alkyd A type of polyester resin. Term often used to signify solvent-borne coatings, e.g., oil...

Canadian Preservation Industry

Canada has had a wood preservation industry for about 100 years.  Canada is tied with the UK as the world’s second largest producer of treated wood (the USA is first...

Durability Research and Development

FPInnovations has been field testing the performance of treated wood products for years. Click one of these categories for performance data from our field tests....

Wood’s Durable Heritage

There’s no reason a wood structure can’t last virtually forever – or, at least hundreds of years, far longer than we may actually need the building. With a good...

Wood Advantages

Wood is resistant to some of the chemicals destructive to steel and concrete. For example, wood is often the material of choice when exposed to: organic compounds, hot or...

Mid-Rise Buildings

In the early 1900s, light-frame wood construction and heavy timber, up to ten-storeys in height, was commonplace in major cities throughout Canada. The longevity and...

Bridges

Timber bridges have a long history as vital components of the roadway, railway and logging road networks within Canada. Dependent on the availability of materials...

FAQs

What do the experts have to say about wood-frame mid-rise construction? Graham Finch, Building Science Research Engineer Michael Green, Principal, Michael Green Architecture...

National Model Codes in Canada

On behalf of the Canadian Commission on Building and Fire Codes (CCBFC) the National Research Council (NRC) Codes Canada publishes national model codes documents that set out...

Our Mandate is to support excellence in wood design and construction

Subscribe to our newsletter today to stay informed and inspired!

Engage with Us
Browse Resources
Other Programs

Get Access to Our Resources

Stay in the loop and don’t miss a thing!

1
2
3

Get Access to Our Resources

Stay in the loop and don’t miss a thing!

What’s Your Occupation?

Help us personalize the content for you.

Continue
Skip

What Interests You the Most?

Help us personalize the content for you.

Personalize my Content
Skip

Filters

Clear all
Expertise Icon
Field of Expertise
Dropdown Icon
Province Icon
Province
Dropdown Icon
Member Type Icon
WoodWork National Partners
Dropdown Icon

Filters

Clear all
Post Type Icon
Post Type
Dropdown Icon
Persona Icon
Persona
Dropdown Icon
Language Icon
Language
Dropdown Icon
Tags Icon
Tags
Dropdown Icon
Mass Timber Plus Icon Environment Plus Icon Safety Plus Icon Durability Plus Icon Design Systems Plus Icon Budget Plus Icon Construction Management Plus Icon Fire Resistance Plus Icon Tall Buildings Plus Icon Short Buildings Plus Icon
Date Icon
Date
Dropdown Icon
Line Separator