Special Feature
Wood and Pre-fab Construction
Below are articles from the latest Wood and Pre-fab Construction Special Feature Newsletter, published May 31, 2019 by the Journal of Commerce.
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Feature Articles - Wood and Pre-fab Construction
Indian residential school centre project earns Formline Architecture wood design honours
Formline Architecture has won a 2019 Wood Design Award from Wood WORKS! BC in th...
Projects
Virtuoso blazes trail for CLT mid-rise construction
Trail-blazer Virtuoso, a six-storey hybrid structure built at the University of...
Projects , Technology
University Campus Energy Centre a wood design winner for DIALOG
DIALOG has won a 2019 Wood Design Award from Wood WORKS! BC in the Institutional...
Projects
Urban One building record-setting hybrid Terrace House
Urban One Builders is reaching grade on the 5,574 –square-metre Terrace House, c...
Projects
2020 NBCC code brings new era for Canadian wood construction
The new 2020 National Building Code of Canada (NBCC) will include the use of mas...
Government
New B.C. mass timber plant coming on stream in 2020
Kalesnikoff Lumber, a Kootenay-based lumber plant, is aiming to have its new $35...
Technology
Wood manufacturers already busy ahead of 2020 NBCC code changes
There could soon be a rise – literally – in wooden residential buildings across...
Economic , Government
The Construction Record Podcast: Episode 55 – Lean construction, Ontario adjudication, and Another Brick in Nepal
This week on The Construction Record podcast, Journal of Commerce digital media...
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Top 20 U.S. Mega Project Starts
In 2020, there were 11 projects valued at $1 billion or more each, and 26 projects of 1 million square feet or more each.
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This infographic looks at the surge in Canada's urban population growth.
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