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Kelowna International Airport (YLW) is finishing major upgrades… The expansion adds 5,590 square metres of new space to the terminal building and is part of the Airport Terminal Building Expansion project. …Incorporated into the terminal’s architecture is mass timber that was supported by a $500,000 grant from the B.C. Mass Timber Demonstration program. The process utilized local companies in Kelowna, Castlegar and Vancouver. …“Through our Look West plan, our goal is to expand B.C. manufacturing and triple the amount of B.C. wood used in construction in the next 10 years. The Kelowna International Airport expansion exemplifies the economic impacts we can create by using locally sourced, value-added mass timber construction,” said Ravi Kahlon, minister of jobs and economic growth. B.C. Parliamentary Secretary for Trade Paul Choi said, “mass timber is the future of construction, as we know it’s cost efficient, low emission and creates good jobs right here in B.C.,” he said.