Local governments are on the frontlines in managing housing and construction pressures, climate impacts, and economic stress. 

Mass timber is an offsite-manufactured, low-carbon building technology that can reduce construction-related community impacts and timelines while supporting value-added B.C. forestry, manufacturing, and construction sectors.  

Innovations in building permitting and land use policy and zoning can help local governments unlock mass timber’s benefits for diverse communities from metropolitan areas to resource-based towns.   

This webinar will explore: 

• Practical local government precedents 

• Mass timber’s technical rationale 

• BC Government policy leadership driving mass timber growth and emerging plans to expand broader factory-based construction. 

Panelists 

• Annabelle Hamilton, WoodWorks BC Executive Director, Canadian Wood Council 

• Avery Kelly, Construction Innovation Director of Partnerships, BC Ministry of Jobs & Economic Growth 

• Tim Ryce, Chief Building Official, City of North Vancouver 

Moderator 

• Alex Boston, ZEIC Local Government Offsite Housing Accelerator Lead 

About the Organizers 

We are pleased to have CMHC, North Family Foundation and Real Estate Foundation of BC sponsoring this webinar. Views expressed are the personal views of expert interlocutors not the sponsors or the host, Zero Emissions Innovation Centre. 

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