Spotlight: A Fine Log Building
A Fine Log Building, based in Chilliwack, BC, handcrafts log home and timber frame structures. With over 23 years of experience in the wood building industry, Eric Menard started the business in 2000...
View ArticleSpotlight: Vancouver Urban Timberworks
This week I had the opportunity to meet with a very interesting company; Vancouver Urban Timberworks. They specialize in producing products from hard and softwoods. What sets them apart is that their...
View ArticleBC Wood at this year’s BAU Show – Munich, Germany, January 14-19th, 2013
In January, BC Wood participated with one of its member companies in the BAU fair in Munich, January 14th -19, 2013. While the turnout from BC Wood members was disappointing, the fair itself was...
View ArticleShow Report: Buildex Vancouver – Feb 13-14, 2013
By Scott Thompson BUILDEX Vancouver, one of Canada’s largest tradeshow/conferences, welcomed over 13,000 design, construction, and real estate management professionals on February 13th and 14th to the...
View ArticleHow important is a gasket?
By Dai Ona – Daizen News, March 2013 The photo below shows a thermal image from a blow door test for BCLTBI, superimposed over a shot of the house itself. A blow door test forces air through the house...
View ArticleShow Report: The 2013 BC Log Home, Timber Frame and Country Living Show
By Scott Buchholz This past weekend, Abbotsford was once again home to the 2013 BC Log Home, Timber Frame and Country Living Show. The show exhibited many products and consumer goods, yet none more...
View ArticleConfirmed tradeshow activities for 2013-2014
BC Wood just recently received confirmation that the funding for our 2013-2014 trade show activities has been approved. We began this year’s proposal writing with some concerns over just how much our...
View ArticleDaizen moves to a new shop
We are pleased to announce that we have moved into a larger shop in a better location.We are now about 20km east of Kamloops, near the Lafarge concrete plant. The shop is big enough so that we can now...
View ArticleSpotlight: Central Valley Cabinet & Doors
Central Valley Cabinet Doors, based in Abbotsford, BC, manufactures custom wood cabinet doors, distributes a line of Thermofoil doors, and re-faces existing cabinets. They have been supplying custom...
View ArticleConfirm your place at the Gas & Oil Expo
Responding to membership, BC Wood has secured a coordinated space at the Gas and Oil Expo to be held June 11-13, 2013 in Calgary, Alberta. BC Wood staff, along with some members, have walked the show...
View ArticleSpotlight: mth woodworks
Design duo Michael Thomas Host and Tanja Hinder are the creative force behind mth woodworks, a local woodworking company based in Vancouver, BC. They combine salvaged Western Red Cedar tree stumps and...
View ArticleSpotlight: MK Carving & Sculpting
I got the pleasure of meeting with Mori Kono, a Japanese-Canadian artist. He started as a log home builder after he moved to BC in 1994. Over the years, his passion for carving grew and it quickly...
View ArticleSpotlight: Trueline Moulding Group
Kelowna, BC based Trueline Moulding manufactures high quality interior stairs, railings, mouldings, and trim for builders, developers, architects, and homeowners in the Okanagan Valley. Trueline...
View ArticleSpotlight: Shelter Residential Design
Vancouver based Shelter Residential Design is an architecture and furniture design company that has evolved out of the desire to create objects, spaces, and buildings that delight and inspire. At the...
View Article‘Reclaimed Is The New Black’
nakedwood, a Vancouver based creative wood design company is serious about reclaimed and sustainably harvested wood products. After being in the industry for over seven years manufacturing custom...
View ArticleSpotlight: FraserWood Industries
Squamish based FraserWood Industries is a pioneering, full-service provider of fabricated solid sawn and glulam timber products. FraserWood combines a passion for problem solving, innovation,...
View ArticleInterzum Guangzhou 2015
After our well-received pavilion earlier this year, BC Wood is planning a return to Interzum Guangzhou from March 28th to April 1st in 2015 to give members another opportunity to build and expand...
View ArticleChina International Exposition of Housing Industry (CIEHI) Show in Beijing 2014
From September 9th to 11th, BC Wood took part for the second time in the China International Exposition of Housing Industry in Beijing. We organized a pavilion under the Canada Wood banner for...
View ArticleEdmonton Cottage Life and Cabin show, April 24-26th, 2015
Over the next couple of months, BC Wood will be coordinating the participation of its’ members at the Edmonton Cottage Life and Cabin show, April 24-26th, 2015. After many successful years of running...
View ArticleSpotlight: Brisco Manufacturing
Located in the scenic Columbia Valley of the East Kootenays, Brisco Manufacturing Ltd. (BML) opened its doors in 2002 to become a specialty manufacturer for laminated veneer lumber (LVL) beams. The...
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