Mass Timber consultation & workshops

Mass timber is one of the most promising tools we have for lowering the carbon footprint of buildings, but the ecosystem around it is still finding its footing. We started the Mass Timber Tipping Point, a two year project led with Architecture 2030 and supported by the US Department of Agriculture and the US Endowment for Forests and Communities, to understand why. We surveyed firms across North America and ran a structured series of full day workshops with leading architecture, engineering, and construction practices to capture what actually drives adoption, and what gets in the way.

We bring that evidence into our consulting and facilitation work. We help architecture, forestry, and policy stakeholders find the real leverage points and build strategy they can act on, connecting low carbon, carbon storing materials back to better forest management, reforestation, and responsible sourcing. The goal is simple: help good wood from well managed forests displace the higher emitting materials it competes with.

Related Projects

Canada–East Africa Mass Timber Export Initiative

Extends our mass timber work into new export markets, exploring how responsibly sourced timber can move between regions to support both construction and forest economies.

Sustainable Wood Hub Initiative

Connects the mass timber conversation back to the forests, linking demand for low carbon building materials to better managed and responsibly sourced wood supply.

Mass Timber Tipping Point

The research engine behind this service. Our survey and workshop series with North American firms is exactly the kind of evidence we bring into mass timber consultation.