Home Blog Careers Media Contact us Français Member Access Who we are Forest operations Pulp and paper Wood products Bio-sourced products Services Building with wood Home Wood products Building with wood Challenges What are the problems faced by the industry in this area?   Speed of developing and deploying standardized solutions to take full advantage of new building code provisions for wood   Performance and serviceability of wood-based construction systems compared to competing materials in large non-residential low-rise, mid-rise, and tall buildings   Speed and cost of construction, commissioning, and operation (life cycle)   Harmonization of the full value chain to allow connections between the forest, products manufacturing and construction (demands for industrialization) Actions What does FPInnovations do to address the challenges?   Implement an initiative to drive technical solutions for industrialized construction   Improve performance of low-rise, mid-rise, and tall wood construction considering net zero and climate change resiliency   Develop the next generation of strand-based multi-application panels   Improve value from low-grade wood and underutilized species Goals & Impacts What are the goals to reach and what are the impacts on members? Identify potential concepts with some scientific evidence to produce the next generation of panel board and validate the technical and economic feasibilty, more specifically: ! ! By 2021, provide solutions for industrialized tall wood building systems to increase construction speed and reduce costs N N Develop and/or demonstrate one practical solution per year to improve performance of wood buildings (e.g., acoustics, durability) 6 6 Grow market for wood in residential and non-residential construction by reducing barriers for construction specifiers Overview Building with wood Living with wood Market access and acceptance Primary manufacturing FPInnovations.ca Home Blog Careers Media Contact us Français Menu Who we are Forest operations Pulp and paper Wood products Overview Building with wood CLT Handbook Design Guide for Timber-Concrete Composite Floors in Canada Living with wood Market access and acceptance Primary manufacturing Indigenous Forestry Bio-sourced products Services Related websites Wildfire Operations Research Canadian Wood Council Canadian Wood Fibre Centre Naturally Wood Partenariat innovation forêt PIT Group FPInnovations privacy policy 2021 © FPInnovations