Marketing and Business Development Assistance Available
Rumin Mann | rmann@bcwood.com
BC Wood has a great program to assist BC's value-added wood manufacturers in your marketing and business development! Please note, you do not need to be a BC Wood member to participate in these activities but you do need to be manufacturing your wood product in BC.
Business Assessments: Funding covers 75% of your cost*
A third-party consultant will review the current business plan as well as identify gaps that prevent your company from growing due to accounting practices, human resource/employee issues, strategic planning, succession planning, cost-analysis, overhead and capital investments, etc. A report will be provided with suggestions on improvements.
Marketing Assessments: Funding covers 75% of your cost*
A marketing expert will go over your marketing activity/strategy, recommend changes or improvements, and new marketing activities/strategy that should be considered to further set you apart from your competitors and achieve your desired business goals.
Marketing and Business Development Company Projects: Funding covers 40% of your cost*
Company specific projects use the information gained from assessments to help improve your competitiveness, address gaps, and strengthen your company's supply chain. Projects include coaching, training, and skills building in the areas of marketing and business development.
Please contact Rumin Mann at rmann@bcwood.com for more information or to apply for the funding.
*Assessments and projects are capped per company per year
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UBCM Showcase, Sept. 20th-21st, 2023
Brian Hawrysh | bhawrysh@bcwood.com
BC Wood will be organizing industry participation at the UBCM Showcase, from Wednesday to Thursday, September 20th-21st, 2023. After a three-year hiatus, the UBCM Showcase returns to Vancouver to be co-located with the 2023 Union of BC Municipalities Convention. The showcase provides a unique opportunity for Wood products manufacturers to promote to and connect with a myriad of municipal and local governments, as well as regional district representatives - all in one locale!
For more information regarding participation at the UBCM Trade Show under BC Wood's umbrella, please contact Brian Hawrysh at 604-882-7100 or email bhawrysh@bcwood.com.
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TWIG Seed Night
Twig BC | info@twicbc.ca
When: June 22, 6:00 - 8:00 PM PST
Where: 101 - 1000 Parker Street, Vancouver
Parker Street Studios has hosted hundreds of artists and woodworkers over the years and is the epicenter of the East Side Culture Crawl. During our next Seed Night event we are headed to a shared woodshop run by Peter Borkowicz on the main floor of 1000 Parker Street. We will tour the shop and will be visiting Van Air Design and Whim Woodworks who run their operations from this shop and are participants in the TWIG community. While you're on the tour, you’ll get a peak into numerous spaces that share the space and the creative works being made. Instead of a Culture Crawl-like experience with crowds and curated spaces, you’ll get to experience the shop in its working format.
Like most events at TWIG, the purpose is to enjoy a shared love of wood and connect with others who are working across the industry. Depending on the group, after the tour, we may find our way to a local brewery for some drinks and food.
Contact Patrick if you need directions finding the shop at 778-998-9950.
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Prefabricated Building Tour and Conference to Sweden
Jason Chiu | jason.chiu@ubc.ca
September 24th to September 30th, 2023
AIBC and HPO credits pending
The Centre for Advanced Wood Processing (CAWP) at the University of British Columbi (UBC) is pleased to announce the Prefabricated Building Tour and Conference to Sweden. The tour will showcase leading manufacturers of prefabricated panelized and modular building systems as well as manufacturers of mass-timber building components. These companies provide prefabricated solutions to meet the sustainability and green building requirements, utilizing advanced energy efficient materials, and mass-timber products for single family, multi-family, and non-residential construction.The tour commences on Sunday, September 24th in Malmö, Sweden where we will spend three days travelling through Southern Sweden visiting leading prefabricated home manufacturers prior to attending the 12th annual Holzbau (Wood Building) Nordic Forum in Växjö, Sweden.This year’s conference is title “Rethinking the Past – Defining the Future”
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2023 Global Buyers Mission™ (GBM) Update
Randi Walker | rwalker@bcwood.com
The Annual GBM is fast approaching, and we are happy to announce that this September 7th to 9th, we will invite international buyers and specifiers from all over the world to meet our Canadian suppliers in Whistler, to celebrate our 20th Anniversary!
As most of the world is back to traveling safely, we anticipate many new Buyers this year, and with the help of our overseas staff, the continued assistance of the federal International Trade Commissioner Service and the provincial Trade & Investment Representatives abroad, we expect a good showing from many international markets.
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As usual, we will host BC Wood’s AGM, deliver WoodTALKS at the GBM – this year featuring the Mass & Heavy Timber Symposium on Saturday - and the Building Connections program. All these activities are designed to expand our Canadian wood products industry’s international business opportunities.
As in the past, pre-registration is required to participate in the GBM, and we now have the online registration system open! If you haven't already signed up to exhibit/speak/participate in the GBM, please email gbm@bcwood.com and ask for your invitation.
To get more background on the GBM, you can watch a short video on our website.
Questions? Call me anytime at 604-309-6683 or email gbm@bcwood.com. We look forward to you joining us for this exceptional 20th anniversary celebration!
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Announcing WoodTALKS at the 20th Annual Global Buyers Mission - This year featuring the Mass & Heavy Timber Symposium
Ken Hori | khori@bcwood.com
Date: September 7-9, 2023, in beautiful WHISTLER, BC
Join us in-person together with Canada’s Wood Industry and International delegates for seminars and workshops, trade show, site tours, networking receptions and more.
Up to 9+ Educational Learning Credits are available during WoodTALKS at the GBM. For early-bird offers and event information, or to make sure you are on the invitation list, contact Ken Hori at khori@bcwood.com.
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BC Wood Announces New Workforce Development Initiative
Brian Hawrysh | bhawrysh@bcwood.com
BC Wood Specialties Group is pleased to announce a new and timely project to attract and retain workers to the value-added wood products sector. Building on previous work, the industry recognized that access to labour was critical if it was to grow, thrive and continue to provide significant contributions to BC’s economy.
Key findings from this strategic work identified the following indicators:
1) Shortage of qualified workers;
2) Difficulty attracting suitable and/or qualified talent to the sector; and
3) The lack of training/education programs
In response to these identified challenges, The Province, through the Sector Labour Market Partnerships program, is providing $1.3 million to BC Wood to engage with businesses to attract and retain workers to the value-added wood products sector.
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Meeting with the Korea Wood Association
JC Lee | jclee@bcwood.com
JC Lee, BC Wood’s Korean representative, had a meeting with the Korea Wood Association on June 9th. The KWA’s Chairman Lee Un-Wook, Executive Eirector Lee Jang-Sung, and the rest of the management team were keen to learn about this year’s Global Buyers Mission. JC explained the details of the GBM and asked them to help recruit members of the Korea Wood Association for the Whistler event.
Mr Lee Woon-wook said, “We hope to continue to work closely with BC Wood in Canada to share information about the wood industry in Korea and Canada, and that many members of the Korea Wood Association will participate in BC Wood’s 20th anniversary Global Buyers Mission 2023.”
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BC Wood Japan Office Welcomes BC Premier to Log Road Daikanyama
Jim Ivanoff | ivanoff@bcwood.jp
We have had the pleasure of touring many dignitaries through Log Road and this has resumed with the lifting of COVID restrictions. In May, we had the pleasure of welcoming British Columbia’s Premier, the Honourable David Eby, to Log Road and taking his delegation through the facility. The Premier listened intently as I explained how the project came to be, why WRC was specified, as well as the effect it has had on the neighbourhood. This project also showed his delegation the opportunity for BC forest products in Japan’s commercial sector.
At the end of the meeting, the Premier left Log Road seemingly very happy having learned a little about the Japanese market as well as having been able to visit this little piece of British Columbia on the other side of the world.
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Test Your Structural Design Ideas
in Steel, Concrete, and Mass Timber with TimberX
naturally:wood
Created for developers, architects and engineers in the early stages of a building project, timberX is a concept design tool that provides high-level insight and comparative outcomes of mass timber, concrete, and structural steel systems.
This tool provides high-level insight and comparative outcomes of timber, concrete, and structural steel systems. It offers simplified graphics and charts to aid in visualizing four primary outcomes: weight, structural depth, approximate cost, and embodied carbon.
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North America's First Underground Mass Timber Parking Lot to be Built in British Columbia
Daily Hive
A new mid-rise, mixed-use building project on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia will boast North America’s first underground mass timber structure for vehicle parking, according to Massive Canada Building Systems.
The Port Moody-based company specializes in fabricating mass timber materials and modular building manufacturing. It has just secured the contract to design and build a single-level underground mass timber parkade at the 1.3-acre development site of 718 North Road in Gibsons.
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Premier, Ministers Create New Opportunities for British Columbians on Asia Trade Mission
BC Gov News
The two-week trade mission included Japan, the Republic of Korea (ROK), Singapore and Vietnam.
“This trade mission ensured our province is first to leverage the federal Indo-Pacific Strategy to deliver stability, jobs and opportunity for all British Columbians in a time of global uncertainty and rising costs,” said Premier David Eby. “While Japan and Korea are strong historical trading partners and British Columbia has deep business ties with Singapore, showing up in person in the context of our new Trade Diversification Strategy delivers the message that British Columbians are reliable partners on the cutting edge of clean energy, clean technology, biotech, agritech, education and responsible resource development. This refreshed relationship and ongoing actions by our government will show ongoing economic benefits for British Columbians, starting as soon as this summer with a visit from a new clean-energy major project investor from Korea.”
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New Hybrid Timber Floor System that Could be Used in Tall Buildings to be Tested in B.C.
Vancouver Sun
Whereas mass-timber panels are usually only six to 7.5 metres long and need to be supported by expensive beams, posts and other intricate joinery, the new system allows for panels that span 12 metres, meaning they could be used in commercial and other buildings that need office and gathering spaces that are wide open.
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How A 10-Story Wood Building Survived More Than 100 Earthquakes
NDTV
The structure is the tallest ever subjected to simulated earthquakes on the world's largest high-performance "shake table," which uses hydraulic actuators to thrust the steel platform through six degrees of motion to replicate seismic force. The shake-table trials at a University of California at San Diego facility are part of the TallWood Project, an initiative to test the seismic resiliency of high-rise buildings made of mass timber.
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B.C. Premier's Asia Trade Mission Seeks to Diversify Trade and Explore Rental Housing Opportunities
CBC
In Tokyo, a meeting with one of Japan's largest users of BC wood turned into a conversation about potentially breaking into the province's tough and expensive rental market.
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DeNovo Program Trains Anyone Looking for Career Change, Specifically Those in Forest Industry
Castanet
Anyone who is looking to find meaningful employment opportunities, especially those who have been affected by the roller-coaster ride in the forest industry, are encouraged to investigate the DeNovo program.
It is a free and subsidized program, funded through the Ministry of Post Secondary Education and Future Skills, that helps individuals transition into new career paths. It will begin in Kelowna on Monday, June 12. The program was created to assist workers impacted by mill closures in B.C. but is open to anyone looking to make a career change.
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2×4 Factories on the Rise in Japan
Canada Wood
A remarkable example of this progress can be seen in the completion of Kowa Manufacturing’s new factory and office building in the town of Tarui, Gifu Prefecture. This two-storey L-shaped structure covers a total floor area of 2,500 m² and utilizes 326 m³ of lumber and engineered wood products in its construction. The project’s carbon storage equivalent is estimated to be 240 tons of CO2.
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The Canadian Wood Council is hiring a Technical Manager, Planning and Development
Canadian Wood Council
Wood WORKS! is a market development program of the Canadian Wood Council and is intended to help increase demand for wood in commercial and multi-residential building markets.The Technical Manager, Planning and Development will play a crucial role to advance and expand the demand for wood products in construction by providing technical advice and support to the development and construction community.
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BC Wood’s programs are open to all value-added wood product manufacturers in British Columbia. By participating with BC Wood, you will be adding our staff of business development experts to your sales and marketing team. If you are ready to grow, call BC Wood at 604-882-7100 or 1-877-4BC-WOOD for more information on our programming. |
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