New construction technology has created Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) where smaller wood pieces are bound together to create large wooden beams that are as strong as steel, and just as fire resistant.
“In mass timber construction, the new technique gives wood similar strength properties to steel – and makes it just as fire retardant. Ontario’s oldest building resource – wood – is now our newest,” Yorke mentioned.
Returning to the renewable, carbon-capture qualities of wood with new technology applications is what Mass Timber is all about. The oldest resource is now new again. Developing this industry also means jobs for many, including historic First Nations communities in our north.
The CLT market is forecast to reach $3.6 million USD by 2027, according to Market Research Future (MRFR). In 2020 the total was about $1.7 million.
building the first mixed-use residential, transit-oriented CLT mass timber project in Canada at Coxwell Avenue and Queen Street in Toronto.
“This is an incredibly exciting project,” says Yorke. “It’s mass timber meeting mass transit. It’s unique and innovative and it’s going to totally transform our inner cities.”
The entire super structure is expected to go up in six weeks, with no concrete above the foundation.
“I think once developers and builders realize how successful and how fast it can go up with little impact on the area, it’s going to take off,” said Tony Currie, program director, College of Carpenters and Applied Trades.
New construction technology has created Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) where smaller wood pieces are bound together to create large wooden beams that are as strong as steel, and just as fire resistant.
“In mass timber construction, the new technique gives wood similar strength properties to steel – and makes it just as fire retardant. Ontario’s oldest building resource – wood – is now our newest,” Yorke said.
Returning to the renewable, carbon-capture qualities of wood with new technology applications is what Mass Timber is all about. The oldest resource is now new again. Developing this industry also means jobs for many, including historic First Nations communities in our north.
The CLT market is forecast to reach $3.6 million USD by 2027, according to Market Research Future (MRFR). In 2020 the total was about $1.7 million.
Buttcon is building the first mixed-use residential, transit-oriented CLT mass timber project in Canada at Coxwell Avenue and Queen Street in Toronto.
“This is an incredibly exciting project,” says Yorke. “It’s mass timber meeting mass transit. It’s unique and innovative and it’s going to totally transform our inner cities.”
The entire super structure is expected to go up in six weeks, with no concrete above the foundation.
“I think once developers and builders realize how successful and how fast it can go up with little impact on the area, it’s going to take off,” said Tony Currie, program director, College of Carpenters and Applied Trades.
Another project, the new Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TCRA) headquarters, tucked into the edge of a forested ravine is designed by ZAS Architects + Interiors with Bucholz McEvoy Architects.
TRCA’s facility will be a cedar-clad mass timber structure that “provides a strong biophilic work environment and acts as a repeated visual reminder of the building’s connection to the natural environment,” according to ZAS.
The building’s exterior cedar cladding fits the historic 19th-century structures at an adjacent open-air heritage museum.
TRCA’s facility will be a cedar-clad mass timber structure that “provides a strong biophilic work environment and acts as a repeated visual reminder of the building’s connection to the natural environment,” according to ZAS.
The building’s exterior cedar cladding fits the historic 19th-century structures at an adjacent open-air heritage museum.