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
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Country’s top economists share 2021 predictions during webinar from Economic Club of Canada
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Study finds workplace levels of COVID-19 protection directly linked to mental health
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A decade in the making: $47-million Alberta spillway project taking shape
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Poor 2020 apprenticeship numbers not unexpected say stakeholders
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Inoculated work-from-homers will head back to the office in mid-2021
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EllisDon signs contract for New Westminster hospital project
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Retail looks to pivot in new directions, redefining the typical shopping mall
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Bockstael Construction announces new president in succession planning shuffle
WINNIPEG — Bockstael Construction has a new president. The Manitoba company ann...