While advancements in mass timber products and wood construction can help to build more resilient, climate-smart communities, there are still barriers, such as limited knowledge and experience about technical performance, constructability and cost management best practices. Since 2020, the Province of British Columbia (B.C.) and Forestry Innovation Investment have invested almost $11 million through B.C.’s Mass Timber Demonstration Program (MTDP) to help with the incremental costs associated with the design and construction of 20 building projects and 8 research projects that demonstrate emerging or new mass timber or mass timber hybrid building systems and construction processes. (Note: All funding has now been assigned and no further expressions of interest will be accepted.)
More information about these projects can be found below