FPInnovations co-develops wood-concrete traffic noise barrier made from Vancouver Island hemlock

FPInnovations announced that a wood-concrete sound barrier made from hemlock products will be used by the City of Burnaby, British Columbia. It was developed by FPInnovations and Vancouver-based Western Forest Products through the BC Coastal Forest Sector Hem-Fir Initiative, a project co-sponsored by the provincial government and Natural Resources Canada.

The hemlock sound abatement system was developed by FPInnovations and Vancouver-based Western Forest Products, a woodland operator and lumber producer.

 

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FPInnovations, which promotes the use of wood in construction, is a non-profit forest research institute representing the wood products and pulp and paper industries.

The institute stated in a press release that the City of Burnaby, which borders Vancouver to the east, has purchased the sound abatement system and plans to install a 10-foot-high barrier along a stretch of Marine Drive.

It is made of hemlock wood products manufactured on Vancouver Island and was developed through the BC Coastal Forest Sector Hem-Fir Initiative, a project co-sponsored by the provincial government and Natural Resources Canada.

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