1.5 ConEd Learning Hours
4:00 p.m. ‐ 5:30 p.m.
The affordable housing crisis is fundamentally a supply problem. The solution involves industrializing the supply chain by building more multi‐unit housing in factories.
Learning Objectives
1. Learn about mass timber affordable housing case studies.
2. Understand all mass timber and hybrid structural alternatives and related pricing.
3. Gain a sense of code, fire, acoustic, and environmental considerations.
4. Understand why architects and collaboration are the keys to overcoming the affordable housing crisis.
Patrick Chouinard, Founder, Element5
Patrick Chouinard is the founder of Element5 and is responsible for corporate citizenship. Element5 is Canada’s newest and most fully automated mass timber manufacturer in St. Thomas, Ontario. He is a driving force behind this rapidly growing company that not only manufactures mass timber components, but also provides a complete range of services to successfully execute timber construction projects on a large scale. Patrick believes mass timber is the essential building material of the 21st century—it is a natural, renewable and sustainable construction material and the company is proud to manufacture their products from sustainably sourced Ontario wood. Patrick is a passionate advocate for construction industry transformation and believes that prefabricated mass timber is key in making the significant gains in construction efficiency and building performance needed to meet today’s significant housing and infrastructure demands, while contributing to a low‐ carbon future.