Potential for more wood use in taller buildings making significant progress

摘要

The Canadian forest industry wants builders to consider using more wood such as dimensional lumber and heavy structural timbers in mid-rise and non-residential building construction as an alternative to, or in combination with, concrete and steel. Anda major obstacle to using more wood in this application may soon be removed.That is according to Dr. Ying Hei Chui, Scientific Director of a strategic research network called the Network for Engineered Wood-based Building Systems (NEWBuildS).Chui said that the National Building Code of Canada (NBCC) is considering making changes within the 'combustible construction' section that will allow for an increase in the height of all-wood and wood/hybrid, multi-storey buildings from four to six storeys. He made the comments during his presentation on The Re-Emergence of Multi-Storey Wood Buildings" at the recent Modular and Off-site Construction Summit in Edmonton. The event was sponsored in part by Alberta Innovates Bio-Solutions (Al Bio), which has an increasing interest in green building systems.