![]() ![]() “We are trying to fill a training gap for the mass timber sector by allowing carpenters or ironworkers to enhance their expertise with specific skills and knowledge,” says Ciprian Pirvu of the School of Construction and the Environment at BCIT. ![]() The course gives students knowledge in the wide range of mass timber products and connectors while teaching them about preparation, site logistics and material handling in addition to many other topic areas. Moses Structural Engineers is proud of our collaboration with the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) to develop course materials and a full-scale mock-up for a 10-month training program for introductory and associate certificate studies in mass timber construction. Building with mass timber provides a new and unique opportunity for people entering the skilled trades. The construction industry as whole across Canada has shortages of skilled trades, and the budding new field of mass timber construction is no exception. Speed of construction, accuracy, visually warm interiors, and low embodied carbon are just a few of the reasons people want mass timber. ![]() Mass timber is the hot building material everyone wants to use. Rendering of the full scale two-storey mass timber mock-up that students will construct to learn all about mass timber construction at the British Columbia Institute of Technology in 2022. ![]()
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