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2025/JAN/27

Ontario Now Allows Encapsulated Mass Timber Buildings up to 18 Storeys

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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...

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2025/JAN/22

Encapsulated Mass Timber Allowed to 18 Storeys

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As previously mentioned, the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (MMAH) has issued an amendment to Ontario’s Building Code (OBC) 2024—Ontario Regulation 163/24—that allows encapsulated mass...

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2024/JAN/18

Encapsulated Mass Timber Construction (EMTC): Public Review – Feedback by February 16

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As advised in the Ministry of Municipal and Housing (MMAH)’s Code News 350, the Canadian Board for Harmonized Construction Codes (CBHCC) is inviting the public to take part in the public review of...

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