Mass Timber
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$7M in funding announced for Okanagan Falls mass timber millMercer Mass Timber will receive $7 million through B.C.’s manufacturing jobs fund.CanadaJul 17, 2024
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Penticton-based Structurlam purchased by Mercer InternationalIn April, Structurlam entered into a purchase agreement for US$60 million with Mercer, though the deal was subject to higher and better bids.MoneyJun 20, 2023
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B.C. mass timber company files for bankruptcyEarlier this year, Walmart cancelled an exclusive contract with Structurlam over production issues, resulting in 144 employees being laid off in Arkansas.CanadaApr 26, 2023
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Kelowna International Airport gets financial boost from provincial government"It will expand our current building and start to separate the gates."PoliticsJul 12, 2022
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B.C. wood, know-how at the heart of Google’s first mass timber office buildingVancouver-based Michael Green Architecture served as the lead designer on the the five-storey, 182,000 square-foot facility, slated for completion next year.NewsNov 5, 2021
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Mass timber to be used in constructing unique two-storey hangar at Kelowna International Airport‘Wood is being used more and more in building bigger and taller buildings, and we’re leading the world at it.’CanadaMar 31, 2021
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B.C.-based mass timber producer Structurlam expanding to the United StatesThe company is converting a former steel plant in Arkansas to produce mass timber components for the U.S. market.EconomyDec 9, 2019
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B.C. becomes 1st Canadian province to allow mass timber towers up to 12 storeys: premierHorgan says the tall wooden buildings won't pose a fire hazard.CanadaMar 13, 2019
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Canada stands tall in wood-based high-rise constructionA new wood product called mass timber is making it possible for Canada to lead the world in the construction of skyscrappers made out of wood, not glass and steel.CanadaFeb 18, 2019
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