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Edmonton Transit System – LRT Stations
...line is eventually extended to the city limit near St. Albert. Wood was used for both structural and architectural elements for the MacEwan and Kingsway/Royal Alex LRT Stations, and for...
Fire Safety and Insurance In Commercial Buildings
...risk. Designing and building structures in compliance with building and fire code requirements, and insurance industry guidelines, contributes to the reduction of fire losses. Wood has had a long history...
R-Town Vertical 6 | Mass Timber Midrise
The R-Town V6 pilot project is the first 6-storey, mixed-use, multi-unit residential building developed in Ontario that fully employs mass timber as the main structural system. The energy-efficient wood building...
Red Deer College Student Residence – Red Deer, Alberta
...life and sustainability, while using mass timber construction to achieve both goals. These are some of the reasons it won a 2019 Wood Design & Building Canadian Wood Council Award....
Wood in Civic Buildings
This case study examines two wood buildings, both with primary retail commercial occupancies, but which employ different mass timber products to achieve very different effects. Askew’s Uptown Supermarket in Salmon...
80 Atlantic Avenue – Toronto, Ontario
...Ontario Building Code in 2015 made it possible to build commercial wood buildings up to six storeys high. The developer and architect saw this as an opportunity to demonstrate leadership...
Green Gables Visitors’ Centre – Cavendish, PE
...of Parks Canada since the 1930s, the property includes the main Green Gables house, the Haunted Wood trail and Lovers Lane. A 2015 study revealed a need for more exhibit...
Wood in Commercial Buildings
...two storeys. As a result, wood building types now include office, residential, mercantile, assembly, low hazard or storage/ garage uses. This case study examines two wood buildings, both with primary...
Laurentian University McEwen School of Architecture – Sudbury, ON
...culture, wood construction, local ecologies and resources, and design for the impact of climate change. The school is a didactic instrument with structural and HVAC design elements purposefully exposed in...
IBS4 – Sustainability and Life Cycle Analysis for Residential Buildings
...construction is never fully benign for the environment, designers and builders can make choices to minimize the impact. Wood plays an important part in sustainable design, as shown by scientific...
Vertical Movement in Wood Platform Structures: Basics
...is primarily related to shrinkage or swelling caused by moisture loss or gain when the moisture content is below 28% (wood fiber saturation point). Other movement in wood structures may...
Vertical Movement in Wood Platform Structures: Design and Detailing Solutions
...in the design drawings. Simply specifying wood materials with lower MC at time of delivery does not guarantee that the wood will not get wet on construction sites and will...

Vertical Movement in Wood Platform Structures: Movement Prediction

It is not possible or practical to precisely predict the vertical movement of wood structures due to the many factors involved in construction. It is, however, possible to...

WPC Specification Guide for Non Residential Pressure Treated Wood Products Web

Alternative Solutions Guide

While alternative solutions have been an important feature of the National Building Code of Canada since 2005, there remains a lack of understanding among building...

Timber Bridge Inspection, Maintenance, Restoration and Design Detailing Guide

This 3-volume guide on timber bridge inspection, maintenance, restoration, and detailing covers everything you need to know about detailing durable wood bridges, starting...

Wood Design Awards, 2023

Promoting Health and Wellness with Wood Architecture

The year 2020 will forever be synonymous with COVID-19. After experiencing the pandemic and its ripple effects, few would question the importance of health and wellness. What...

Wood Design Awards, 2022

Specification Guide for Non-Residential Pressure Treated Wood Products

Wood is the only renewable building material within the three major building material types. In exterior applications, wood is subject to deterioration from natural elements...

Wood Design Awards, 2021

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...

The Canadian Guide to Mid-Rise Wood Construction 2021

The Mid-Rise project and the ensuing publication were conceived in order to provide a guide for opportunities that have been created by Canadian Code Provisions progressing...

Wood Design Awards, 2020

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