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Brock Commons

2018 Wood Design Awards

Technological innovation takes centre stage at 2018 Wood Design Awards


Brock Commons Tallwood House, Acton Ostry

Standing Tall

Completed on time and on budget, the world's tallest mass-timber building is ready for its close-up.

Seventeen storeys of Brock Commons are built with a hybrid structure that includes prefabricated glulam columns and CLT floor slabs. The structure was erected at a rate of two floors per week. Photo: KK Law, Courtesy of Naturally: Wood.

Reaching New Heights

The world's tallest contemporary mass timber building is nearing completion in Vancouver, presenting a pragmatic argument for how mass wood can be used for all types of buildings, from the audacious to the everyday.

For Humber River Hospital in Toronto, PCL Construction manufactured 360 washroom modules in an indoor facility, leveraging the efficiencies of prefabrication.

Editorial: Manufactured Assemblies

More efficient construction methods are a no-brainer, but the industry is notoriously slow to change.