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As Selkirk College increases its offerings in support of the mass timber industry, students in a micro-credential program got a unique opportunity thanks to a partnership with British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT). BCIT brought its Mass Timber Connections and Constructability Hub — a mobile mass timber training platform — to the Selkirk Technology Access Centre in Trail in May. The students benefited from direct, practical experience in mass timber construction and fabrication techniques including rigging and hoisting glulam posts and beams, assembling them using pre-engineered connections and custom steel components, and attaching cross-laminated timber (CLT) wall and floor panels. …Through Kalesnikoff, Spearhead, International Timber Frames and Hamill Creek Timber Homes, the West Kootenay is becoming a centre for mass timber construction, development and innovation.