The finishing touches are now being made to the new MEC Vancouver flagship store in the Olympic Village district of Southeast False Creek — and it is certainly a showcase of what is possible with wood construction, specifically cross-laminated timber (CLT). While CLT is increasingly becoming more common with multi-family buildings and public buildings, the new MEC store is one of the largest applications of this environmentally-friendly methodology to date. This three-storey building is far from a conventional concrete and steel structure, as CLT replaces much of these traditional elements from the ground up. …This particular store is outfitted with three of the company’s mass timber components, with megaspines for the interior, Glulam beams, and Crosslam CLT panels.