Canada Supports New Wood Construction Technologies in British Columbia

By Natural Resources Canada
Cision Newswire
March 13, 2025
Category: Wood, Paper & Green Building
Region: Canada, Canada West

VANCOUVER, BC — The Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, announced over $1.5 million in federal support for three projects focusing on the advancement of prefabricated wood construction in the province of British Columbia. These investments are aimed at promoting construction using Canadian wood and driving sustainable innovation in the forestry and construction sectors. The following projects are receiving support through Natural Resources Canada’s  Green Construction through Wood program:

  • $995,000 to the British Columbia Institute of Technology to build the two-storey Robert Bosa Carpentry Pavillion, a “wood first” mass timber building featuring glulam and cross-laminated timber.
  • $300,000 to Prefab Buildings Initiative to create energy-efficient mass timber designs for various types of buildings to … construction faster and more affordable. 
  • $219,870 to Scius Advisory to create an online directory of Canadian companies that specialize in building prefabricated parts, which can be assembled off-site and transported to construction sites. 

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