Canada’s House of Commons has approved legislation promoting the use of wood-based construction materials to reduce carbon emissions and bolster sustainability, Construction Canada reported.
News in offsite construction
Portland, Oregon’s New CLT Airport Terminal Helping Increase Interest in Mass Timber
Portland, Oregon’s new airport terminal, built with CLT, is featured in a new profile by Good News Network.
BC Announces Additional Investments to Help Manufacturing Companies Grow in Northern BC
BC announced that it is investing more than $1.2 million (CAD) in a variety of expansion projects to help manufacturing companies grow.
Timber High-Rise Completed in Tokyo, Japan
“Port Plus,” located outside central Tokyo, Japan, is the subject of a recent profile by BNN Bloomberg.
US Army Corps of Engineers Requires Consideration of Mass Timber as a Structural Option for All Vertical Construction Projects
A new US Army Corps of Engineers policy requires the consideration of mass timber as structural option for all vertical construction projects, according to the Engineering News-Record.
Winners Announced for the Second Annual Mass Timber Competition
Five winners have been selected in the second annual “Mass Timber Competition: Building to Net-Zero Carbon,” the Softwood Lumber Board announced.
A Behind-The-Scenes Look At Asia’s Largest Timber Building at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University
Global Construction Review is taking a behind-the-scenes look at the “Gaia” project at Singapore’s Nanyang Business School.
Copenhagen’s Henning Larsen Designs Pioneering Mass Timber Building in the Netherlands
Henning Larsen, a Copenhagen-based architecture studio, and fashion company Bestseller have designed a pioneering mass timber headquarters in the Netherlands, according to designbloom.
BC Government Announces New Funding for Value-Added Wood Producers and Manufacturers in the Kootenays
As much as $400,000 will support a capital improvement project by Creston’s J.H. Huscroft Ltd., a value-added specialty manufacture of glulam, trim, boarding, and flooring.
White House Names Oregon as Tech Hub for Mass Timber, Opening the Door to Millions in Funding
Oregon is in the running to receive tens of millions of dollars from the federal government for semiconductors and mass timber, according to Captial Press.