Expressions of Interest for 3rd intake of the Mass Timber Demonstration Program (MTDP),

The Mass Timber Demonstration Program is led by Forestry Innovation Investment through its Wood First Program, in partnership with the B.C. Ministry of Jobs, Economic Recovery, and Innovation.

We will be hosting an informational webinar to go over key highlights of the Program.

Please join us on Wednesday, September 21st at 12:00pm PST when we will go over submission requirements, answer FAQs, and showcase projects that are currently being funded by the Mass Timber Demonstration Program. To sign up to attend this free webinar, visit our ‘How To Apply’ page on our website: https://www.masstimberbc.ca/how-to-apply/.

We are currently accepting EOIs until October 7th for Intake 3 of the MTDP.

Successful applicants may be eligible to receive up to $500,000.00 towards the incremental costs in the design and construction of buildings that showcase emerging or new mass timber or mass timber hybrid building systems and construction processes. For more information about the funding opportunity, please visit the program website at http://www.masstimberbc.ca

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at info@masstimberbc.ca. Feel free to circulate this information to contacts within your network that may have an interest in this program.

Best Regards,

The MTDP Administration Team

Background on the Mass Timber Demonstration Program (MTDP)

In 2020, Canada’s National Building Code was updated to permit buildings up to 12 stories to be built using wood and mass timber construction. As a result of this, 13 communities in British Columbia and the University of British Columbia have signed on to be early adopters of mass timber construction up to 12 stories.

While building codes are beginning to allow this type of construction, there can still be barriers such as a lack of knowledge around its application, technical performance, constructability, and incremental costs.

To further the adoption of mass timber construction, the Province of British Columbia, through Forestry Innovation, contributed $5.8M since 2020 by way of the Mass Timber Demonstration Program to support near-term costs that will help accelerate the use of mass timber and support B.C.’s economic recovery. After the success of the first and second funding calls, a further $2 million will be invested into additional projects to continue supporting the use of mass timber in B.C.