As Ontario updates its building code to allow taller wood structures, the City of North Bay is leading by example with a state-of-the-art recreation centre built using nail-laminated mass timber panels. The City hosted WoodWorks and the Canadian Wood Council today for a site tour at the new North Bay Community and Recreation Centre, which highlighted the use of mass timber construction. …Steven Street, Executive Director of WoodWorks Ontario… “Mass timber construction not only supports local jobs and communities, it also highlights the region’s manufacturing expertise and strengthens forest industry supply chains, demonstrating how homegrown, renewable resources can deliver high-performance, low-carbon buildings that benefit people, the environment, and regional economies.” …Updates to the Ontario Building Code became effective January 1, which now allow mass timber buildings up to 18 storeys, making wood a viable low-carbon alternative to traditional building materials such as steel and concrete.

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