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Mid-Rise Buildings – Research

...Determining Deflections of Stacked Multi-storey Wood-based Shearwalls Design of Stacked Multi-storey Wood Shearwalls using a Mechanics Based Approach Linear Dynamic Analysis for Wood Based Shear Walls and Podium Structures Design...

CSA S406 Permanent Wood Foundations

...seal in order to issue a building permit. For further information, refer to the following resources: Permanent Wood Foundations (Canadian Wood Council) Wood Preservation Canada National Building Code of Canada...

Panel Products

By using roundwood that is often not be suitable for lumber production, wood-based panels make efficient use of the forest resource by providing engineered wood products with defined strength and...

Laminated Strand Lumber

...pressed. LSL resembles oriented strand board (OSB) in appearance as they are both fabricated from the similar wood species and contain flaked wood strands, however, unlike OSB, the strands in...

Oriented Strand Lumber

...flaked wood strands that have a length-to-thickness ratio of approximately 75. The wood strands used in OSL are shorter than those in LSL. Combined with an adhesive, the strands are...

Wood as a Structural Material: Properties, Systems, and Design

...and modification factors. Module 2 – Structural Wood Products and Systems.Introduces sawn lumber, panel products, and engineered wood products (EWP) such as glulam, structural composite lumber, and CLT. Discusses applications...

Building Canada’s Future With Wood

...highlight key themes including the rise of mass timber and tallwood buildings, the shift toward offsite construction, and wood’s potential to address the housing affordability crisis. The session offers a...

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 cold...

Plant a Seed Designing with Wood and Bio based Materials

...She has a passion for timber construction and understands the potential of wood in developing unique, sustainable projects. Given her experiences, Fabia has extensive knowledge about incorporating wood in construction...

From Trees to Keys: Scaling Industrialized Wood Construction

...models, workforce capabilities, and policy alignment in advancing wood-based manufactured housing as a viable response to Canada’s housing crisis. Course Video https://vimeo.com/1147103250 Speakers Bio Hailey Quiquero Technical Manager WoodWorks Ontario...

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. Borate-treated Wood vs. Termites Round...

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...

WoodWorks at The Buildings Show 2026

WoodWorks returns to The Buildings Show in 2026 bringing technical expertise and industry insight through a new partnership with CWC.

Controlling Termites

Fortunately for Canada, most of this country lies north of the limit for termites on the North American continent. However, because termites and people both prefer the warmer...

Moisture & Decay, Treatments

Applying Treatment

Holes drilled to apply depot, supplementary or remedial treatments should be on vertical surfaces or undersides, where possible, to avoid creating additional routes for...

Treatments

Feasibility of Point-Supported Mass Timber

Tall wood buildings offer tremendous potential for low-carbon, high-performance construction, but they also introduce a distinct set of challenges not typically encountered...

Mass Timber, Woodworks

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...

Structural Engineering, Wood Design

80 Atlantic Avenue – Toronto, Ontario

Ontario’s first mass timber commercial building in over 100 years, 80 Atlantic pioneers a new urban office typology for potentially many more timber-frame projects across...

Residential Buildings, Woodworks

Green Gables Visitors’ Centre – Cavendish, PE

Mark Twain called Anne of Green Gables, “The sweetest creation of child life yet written.” He sent the author Lucy Maud Montgomery a letter of praise, congratulating her...

Civic Buildings, Woodworks

The Mosaic Centre for Conscious Community and Commerce – Edmonton, Alberta

Located in Edmonton, Alberta, the Mosaic Centre for Conscious Community and Commerce was designed to be the province’s first “net-zero energy” commercial building and...

Civic Buildings, Woodworks

Delivering Mid-Rise Housing Solutions – Part 2 Mass Timber

Course Overview WoodWorks Ontario proudly presents Delivering Mid-Rise Housing Solutions Part 2: Mass Timber. YWKW is a supportive housing project that obtained funding from...

Unlocking Affordable Timber Innovations in Structure, Prefabrication, and Code

Course Overview Bond Tower is a 7-storey mixed-use prototype that asks a critical question: how can mass timber be made cost-effective in the Prairies, where supply chains...

Halsa 230 Royal York: Ontario’s Tallest Mass Timber Residential Building

Course Overview Halsa 230 Royal York is setting new standards as Toronto’s pioneering 9-storey prefabricated mass timber rental building, demonstrating the viability of...

Operations Centre – Gulf Islands National Park Reserve

Canada’s newest nationally-protected area, Parks Canada’s Gulf Islands National Park Reserve, includes 15 islands and inter-tidal areas flanked by the large urban centres...

Civic Buildings, Woodworks

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Mid-Rise Buildings – Research

CSA S406 Permanent Wood Foundations

Panel Products

Laminated Strand Lumber

Oriented Strand Lumber

Wood as a Structural Material: Properties, Systems, and Design

Building Canada’s Future With Wood

Wood Advantages

Plant a Seed Designing with Wood and Bio based Materials

From Trees to Keys: Scaling Industrialized Wood Construction

Durability Research and Development

Vertical Movement in Wood Platform Structures: Design and Detailing Solutions

WoodWorks at The Buildings Show 2026

Controlling Termites

Applying Treatment

Feasibility of Point-Supported Mass Timber

Alternative Solutions Guide

80 Atlantic Avenue – Toronto, Ontario

Green Gables Visitors’ Centre – Cavendish, PE

The Mosaic Centre for Conscious Community and Commerce – Edmonton, Alberta

Delivering Mid-Rise Housing Solutions – Part 2 Mass Timber

Unlocking Affordable Timber Innovations in Structure, Prefabrication, and Code

Halsa 230 Royal York: Ontario’s Tallest Mass Timber Residential Building

Operations Centre – Gulf Islands National Park Reserve

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Mid-Rise Buildings – Research

CSA S406 Permanent Wood Foundations

Panel Products

Laminated Strand Lumber

Oriented Strand Lumber

Wood as a Structural Material: Properties, Systems, and Design

Building Canada’s Future With Wood

Wood Advantages

Plant a Seed Designing with Wood and Bio based Materials

From Trees to Keys: Scaling Industrialized Wood Construction

Durability Research and Development

Vertical Movement in Wood Platform Structures: Design and Detailing Solutions

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