/Timber Tech Connect
Timber Tech Connect is a collaboration between TWIG, Fast + Epp, and CAWP. Together, we’re hosting a series of dynamic events at Concept Lab, an innovative R&D space located within Fast + Epp’s Vancouver headquarters. Our events highlight projects part of BC’s Mass Timber Demonstration Program.
Timber Tech Connect offers an up-close look at the latest innovations in timber design and the individuals driving progress in wood-based design, engineering, architecture, and construction. Through these events, we aim to provide a platform for networking, learning, and exploring the possibilities of Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA), sustainability and low-carbon construction, building systems and the methodologies of mass timber construction and pre-fabrication.
The events we are planning are based around the following themes:
Our purpose with these events is to establish a consistent series that brings together experts from various fields and those eager to learn more about timber construction. Our events are created in collaboration with The Office of Mass Timber Implementation (OMTI), and we are focusing on highlighting projects supported by BC’s Mass Timber Demonstration Program (MTDP)
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, constructibility and cost management best practices. Since 2020, the Province of British Columbia (B.C.) and Forestry Innovation Investment have invested over $9.1 million through B.C.’s Mass Timber Demonstration Program (MTDP) to help with the incremental costs associated with the design and construction of 19 building projects and 8 research projects that demonstrate emerging or new mass timber or mass timber hybrid building systems and construction processes.
