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Mass Timber
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Advancing Trades for a Sustrainable Future (MTAT)

The MTAT project supports the advancement of wood as a low-carbon building material by addressing key barriers to mass timber adoption: skills shortages, the lack of standardized curriculum and gaps in the broader prefabrication/offsite (pre-fab) construction sector.

This project directly addresses these gaps through three interlocking deliverables. We will convene a network of key stakeholders, develop a skilled trades educational framework for integrating mass timber, and create a baseline for accelerating pre-fab construction education broadly.

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Project Initiatives

Advancing Skills, Sustainability, and Innovation in Construction

  • Establishing a national network of industry and educational stakeholders
  • Developing a customizable training framework that integrates mass timber training into skilled trades curricula
  • Promoting the environmental benefits of mass timber through education. 
  • Building foundational understanding for prefabricated wood construction to strengthen its workforce and educational infrastructure. 
Targeted outcomes

Driving Alignment, Skills, and Growth in Mass Timber

A community of stakeholders that fosters resource-sharing, reduces duplication of efforts, and promotes collective growth in mass timber education and adoption.
Improved alignment between educational institutions, industry needs, and regulatory requirements.
Streamlined training pathways and standardized certification that lower barriers to adoption for companies across provinces.
Increased knowledge & skills among tradespeople, preparing them to work with mass timber and prefabricated wood construction technologies.
Upcoming Resources

As the project progresses, we’re developing resources, frameworks, and insights to support education, training, and industry adoption nationwide.

Explore our focus as the project develops.
Database of existing mass timber training programs
Framework for teaching mass timber in the carpentry trade
Report of identified gaps and successes in current mass timber training and opportunities for collaborative training development
Recommendations for expanding prefabrication training nationally, including resource needs, funding opportunities, and potential partnerships
Overview of key policy or regulatory changes required to support workforce development
National survey to gather quantitative and qualitative data on workforce skill requirements, industry priorities, and barriers to training adoption 

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The Modern Methods of Construction Education (MMC Edu) is funded by Natural Resources Canada and delivered in partnership with the British Columbia Institute of Technology.
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