Mass Timber Conference Brings ‘Game-changing’ Cross-laminated Timber and Other Mass Timber Construction to Portland, Ore. in 2016

“Mass timber is one of the biggest game-changers the forest products sector has seen in decades,” said Craig Rawlings, President & CEO of Forest Business Network, which is co-producing the event with WoodWorks. “Whenever a new engineered wood product came along in the past, it just replaced another wood product in the residential housing market. Mass timber, however, is gaining market share where wood hasn’t been used for years — the mid- to high-rise building market. The conference is a platform where we can bring together the best and brightest experts in the world to discuss how to continue growing the emerging mass timber infrastructure in North America.”