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Building consents are stuck at low levels

Here is the text from Shamubeel Eaqub at Simplicity: Building consents are stuck at low levels. Yet another indicator suggesting a winter muddle economically. Non-residential building consents have slowed more...

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The Hive

Progress at The Hive along Keith Drive in Vancouver is in the final stretch. ⁠From street level, the intricate timber braced frames are now echoed in the exterior, a seamless...

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The BCIT Tall Timber Student Housing project in Burnaby, BC

When it comes to student housing for universities, those Canadians are certainly very experienced! Study this project carefully to see how they are keeping it simple using the right product...

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Intelligent City starts production on a nine-storey mass timber housing project in Toronto

Is it just me or is mass timber seems to be moving ahead faster than in the past in North America. That said they don’t have to design for earthquakes...

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Osaka’s Grand Ring – The World’s Largest Wooden Structure

Japan has just revealed the Grand Ring at Osaka Expo 2025. Stretching over 1.2 miles, it’s made of sustainable Japanese cedar, Japanese cypress and Scots Pine. Instead of steel and...

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10-Storey Building Constructed in a Day

Talk about efficient. Who will be the first to use these techniques to build a mass timber building?...