Billion-dollar construction startup Katerra’s acquisition of Michael Green Architecture suggests “intriguing possibilities for tall timber“, according to Curbed Magazine. In related news, Steve Cavanaugh of DLR Group, tells the story behind the US’s largest mass timber building—T3 in Minneapolis.

Companies making headlines today include:

• Interfor signs an MOU with the Penticton Indian Band
• Catalysts sells it US assets to focus on Canadian operations
• Kalesnikoff Lumber takes care of its people and forests
• Aspen Planers passes a BC Forest Practices Board audit
• CP Rail settles with Teamsters, ending one day strike
• The Resolute / Greenpeace lawsuit is now in court
• Canfor wins an NRCan energy efficiency award
• TimberWest releases its 2017 sustainability progress report
• Tolko supplies log booms for beachfront protection

Finally, a few forestry stories of note: Manitoba seeks to resurrect Pineland Forest Nursery; the USFS says “fire seasons” have become “fire years” due to climate change; and tree rings are helping measure Arizona’s mega drought.

–Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor