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Photo montage showing wood manufacturing and a decorative wood wall in a kitchen. (CNW Group/Natural Resources Canada)
The development of a design for a 21-storey multi-unit residential building built from mass timber is amongst the construction projects included in recent joint funding announcements from the federal and Quebec provincial governments.
Together, the two levels of government are contributing over $8.5 million for four projects that will promote green construction in Quebec, including the use of low-carbon Canadian wood to accelerate new building projects. The Canadian government is investing more than $4.7 million, while the province is contributing $3.83 million.
This includes $500,000 for Samcon Stanley Properties from NRCan’s Green Construction through Wood (GCWood) program that will go towards developing the 21-storey building plan, as well as to providing crucial data and insights into the feasibility of taller mass timber structures.
Also receiving funding are Les Chantiers Chibougamau Ltée and the Cree First Nation of Waswanipi.
Les Chantiers Chibougamau Ltée will initiate a pair of projects that will develop a four-storey, 20-unit residential mass timber building and modernize production processes of finger-jointed lumber, glue-laminated, I-joists and cross-laminated timber through the innovative use of artificial intelligence.
The Cree First Nation of Waswanipi will build a two-storey low-rise community building with wood building technology, ensuring that the building’s shape and design preserve the historical culture of the Cree First Nation.
“Since wood is a renewable and recyclable resource, its use in construction is an effective way to reduce GHG emissions, especially when it replaces materials with a higher carbon footprint,” stated Maïté Blanchette Vézina, Minister of Natural Resources and Forests of Quebec. “We are also supporting the development of an intelligent operations management system through the Wood Innovation Program. These investments will boost the forestry sector by enabling companies to be even more competitive in the market.”