Recent Project News

Apr 27, 2022

General Assembly: Build-in-Wood partners finally gather after two years of online meetings

Build-in-Wood consortium held its sixth General Assembly, where partners finally had the opportunity to meet again in person.

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Jan 26, 2022

Used wood in new CLT?

✅️ Used wood can easily be recycled in new mass timber products, such as CLT (cross-laminated timber) and glulam (glue-laminated timber),...

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Jan 25, 2022

Offsite wood construction: Full BIM cycle now feasible

For something to be integrally planned in BIM, all its components need to be holistically represented, with complete specifications and...

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Nov 25, 2021

Planting 1 trillion trees by 2030

If all goals are met, 2030 will be a great year for forests around the world. Why? Two important treaties were agreed upon in the last...

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Oct 9, 2021

Trondheim: Second Early Adopter City Workshop

The second Build-in-Wood workshop in Trondheim was organized on September 30th 2021 with more than 30 wood stakeholders from the region.

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Oct 4, 2021

Timber construction scenarios for Tyrol

On the 21st of September 2021, Innsbruck held its second Early Adopter City (EAC) workshop. The event took place in the city hall and was...

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Aug 24, 2021

New Partner: Stora Enso joins Build-in-Wood

Due to the Corona crisis, a Consortium partner had to withdraw from the project. Therefore, Stora Enso was invited to join the Consortium.

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Jul 7, 2021

5-storey timber extension to Austrian hospital

The district hospital in Schwaz, Austria decided to use wood for the 5-storey extension to their main building – setting an example...

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Jun 30, 2021

Build-in-Wood Project Update

In this project update webinar we share with you our current project status, first results and the exciting work we are engaging in.

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Jun 10, 2021

Denmark: Now Modular Wooden Buildings of up to 45m as Standard

Up to April 2021, modular timber buildings in Denmark could not have a floor level higher than 12 metres from the ground without special,...

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Mar 17, 2021

Timber Buildings as 2nd Forest

The 21.03 is the International Day of Forests! Why Forests are heroes in the fight against climate change and how timber buildings store CO2

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Feb 10, 2021

Trondheim: First Early Adopter City Workshop

Of February 3rd, the City of Trondheim held its first Early Adopter City workshop. ~30 participants joined the virtual workshop.

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Dec 16, 2020

Brașov: 2nd Workshop - Wooden constructions in the Brașov Region

The meeting aimed to present the evolution of the project and identify the main challenges, needs and solutions in wooden constructions.

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Dec 3, 2020

Why timber is better than building law thinks it is

Building codes do not reflect the technological possibilities of modern timber construction - and they are different in every country.

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Nov 25, 2020

First Workshop in Trento

On Nov 20th, Trento's first Early Adopter City Workshop was organised digitally. 19 stakeholders attended and discussed timber potentials.

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Oct 12, 2020

Innsbruck: 1st Early Adopter City Workshop

Innsbruck’s first Early Adopter City workshop in the city hall was attended by 19 stakeholders that discussed various challenges in groups.

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Aug 26, 2020

Copenhagen: 1st Early Adopter City Workshop

How can we start using more timber in urban environments to provide sustainable and affordable housing to our citizens?

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Aug 7, 2020

proHolz Tirol: the region's biggest residential timber building

Our Consortium partner proHolz Tirol organised a guided tour at the construction site of Tyrol's biggest residential timber building.

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Jun 30, 2020

Project Status Update

10 months down the line of starting Build-in-Wood, we would like to give you a brief status update of each of our work packages.

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Mar 11, 2020

Danish Minister visits Build-in-Wood Headquarters

Beginning of March the Danish Minister for Building and Housing, Kaare Dybvad Bek paid a visit to the Build-in-Wood Project Coordinator,...

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