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](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2019/05/IWDSmall_Formline_-IndianResidentialSchoolHistoryandDialogueCentre_2-Mainweb-300x169.jpg)
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](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2019/05/Legacy-Langley-Pix-1-MAINWEB-300x169.jpg)
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](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2019/05/IWDLarge_DIALOG_UBCCampusEnergyCentre_exterior-mainweb-300x169.jpg)
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](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2019/05/Pix-1-TerraceHouse_crosssection-web-300x208.jpg)
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](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2019/05/NBCC-code-changes-for-web-300x200.jpg)
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](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2019/05/Photo-3-Mass-timber-plant-mainweb-300x169.jpg)
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](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2019/05/Wood-2-web-300x200.jpg)
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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Bird selected to complete five projects valued at $625M across Canada
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‘A lightbulb moment’: Bartender turns to welding for a second chance at career success
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![Over 200 members of Indigenous communities across Canada gain valuable construction skills](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/06/FRONT-DO-Mohawk-College-C2R2-CWDP-Photo-4MainWEB-IPD-300x169.png)
Over 200 members of Indigenous communities across Canada gain valuable construction skills
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Calgary’s can-do construction industry keeps dry during water emergency
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![Mount Pleasant building scales new heights thanks to zoning change](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/06/Foundation-1-mainweb-300x169.jpg)
Mount Pleasant building scales new heights thanks to zoning change
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