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Harder, faster, better, stronger: Mass timber is trending up - The Globe and Mail

Harder, faster, better, stronger: Mass timber is trending up DAVID ISRAELSON SPECIAL TO THE GLOBE AND MAIL PUBLISHED AUGUST 16, 2022

Using mass timber to construct commercial buildings, like T3 Bayside, is turning into a developers’ movement. HINES

Walk past a construction site in cities across Canada and the chances are better than ever you’ll see workers and cranes hoisting giant mass timber beams into place. Mass timber is turning into a mass movement. Once considered mostly an experimental construction technology, the use of glued, laminated wood beams (called glulam) is taking hold in the design and construction of larger, commercial, industrial and institutional buildings. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/industry-news/property-report/article-mass-timber-construction-material/

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