As announced in the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing’s (MMAH’s) CodeNews 364 (November 5, 2024), amendments to the Ontario’s 2024 Building Code (OBC), which came into effect on January 1, 2025, introduces new technical provisions allowing encapsulated mass timber construction (EMTC) buildings to be constructed up to 18 storeys high. This expands the occupancies where EMTC can be used as the primary structural material, and relaxes the amount of mass timber that must be encapsulated.

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