Mass timber

Build faster. Build cleaner. Build better.

Mass timber floors go down in days, not weeks, on quiet, dry sites, in a material that stores carbon for the life of the building. We help you get there, from the first sketch to the last panel.

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WHY MASS TIMBER

Four reasons the industry is switching.

SCHEDULE

Weeks off the critical path.

Up to 720 sq ft (67 m²) of floor or roof per lift, cut to size in our shop and delivered in install order. No formwork, no rebar, no waiting on concrete to cure — interior trades start work immediately. A faster weather-tight building means earlier revenue.

SCHEDULE

Weeks off the critical path.

SITE

Clean, quiet, and dry.

Prefabricated panels install with small crews and smaller cranes — fewer deliveries, less noise, no wet trades on the structure. Openings and penetrations are cut in the shop, not on site, and engineered per project. A dry site and a clean critical path.

SITE

Clean, quiet, and dry.

CARBON

The structure is the carbon plan.

Wood is about half carbon by dry weight. That carbon, drawn from the air as the tree grew, stays in the panel: about 860 kg of CO₂ per cubic metre (about 54 lb per cubic foot), held for the life of the building. Ask us for the figure and its basis.

CARBON

The structure is the carbon plan.

EXPERIENCE

And the building feels better.

Left exposed, the timber structure is the finished ceiling — warm, natural, and quiet in a way suspended ceilings never are. Exposed timber is the finish, not a cover-up.

EXPERIENCE

And the building feels better.

Left exposed, the timber structure is the finished ceiling — warm, natural, and quiet in a way suspended ceilings never are. Exposed timber is the finish, not a cover-up.

The full case — codes, fire, acoustics, and who benefits most — is on our

Mass Timber page.

From forest to framework

Canadian softwood, to be pressed into panels in Burlington, Ontario on a press being built in Ontario — carbon held for the life of the building.

HOW WE HELP

When you’re ready to build, we take it on with you.

DESIGN ASSIST · AVAILABLE NOW

Designed for timber from the first sketch.

The grid, spans, panel depths, fire and acoustic approach, worked through with your architect and engineer at concept, so the structure is simpler to design and to build. Sizing responses are available now.

DESIGN ASSIST · AVAILABLE NOW

Designed for timber from the first sketch.

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT

One point of contact, sketch to last panel.

We take on the timber package or the whole building as construction manager: schedule, sequence, crane, trades and site, run by people who come from construction.

CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT

One point of contact, sketch to last panel.

We take on the timber package or the whole building as construction manager: schedule, sequence, crane, trades and site, run by people who come from construction.

STRUCTURAL DESIGN

Engineered for timber.

We manage the structural design from concept, designed and sealed by a licensed Ontario professional engineer. Already have an engineer? They stay engineer of record and we work alongside them.

STRUCTURAL DESIGN

Engineered for timber.

We manage the structural design from concept, designed and sealed by a licensed Ontario professional engineer. Already have an engineer? They stay engineer of record and we work alongside them.

BESPOKE CARPENTRY

Finished by people who know wood.

Exposed timber detailing, feature stairs, millwork and site carpentry.

BESPOKE CARPENTRY

Finished by people who know wood.

Exposed timber detailing, feature stairs, millwork and site carpentry.

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OUR PANEL

What is Dowel Laminated Timber?

Wood, joined with wood. Dowel laminated timber (DLT) is softwood boards set on edge, side by side, and joined with hardwood dowels. There is no glue or metal between the laminations. The only glue in a panel is in the finger joints that join boards end to end. It’s the panel we make and prefer, and we use it where it fits; where cross-laminated timber (CLT) or glulam suits the building better, we build with that.

The dowels are inserted at a lower moisture content than the surrounding lamella. As they equilibrate, they swell into a permanent friction-fit bond — a joint that strengthens as the wood settles. The result is natural, carbon-storing, and structurally precise.

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Planning a mass timber project?

Tell us about your project. The earlier we’re involved in design development, the more we can offer.

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