Our growing library of resources includes information for project teams, policy updates, supply chain maps, and funding opportunities for construction projects and businesses.
Curated from a broad range of reputable sources, we hope you will find answers to your questions, and confidence to move forward with mass timber. Please contact us to add a resource to the library, or request resources on a particular topic.
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A report on housing for Governor Ferguson, as mentioned in the governor’s inaugural speech on January 15, 2025. Page 31 mentions opportunities around modular housing and the need for new permitting processes.
Governor Jay Inslee signed HB 1110 into law on May 8, 2023. Learn about the impacts of this bill.
An act relating to creating more homes for Washington by increasing middle housing in areas traditionally dedicated to single-family detached housing.
Provides financial support to qualified lenders whose loan applicants want to establish, reopen, expand, or improve a sawmill or other wood processing facility that process ecosystem restoration byproducts from USDA Forest Service National Forest System lands.
Projects are sought that will positively impact the Endowment’s three focus areas—markets, communities, and forests. Financing is provided through impact investing, the concept that strategically invested capital can achieve both a social outcome and a financial return. A second round of impact investing opportunities is anticipated January 2025, with proposals due March 16, 2025.
The purpose of the Department of Agriculture’s Community Wildfire Defense Grant is to assist at-risk local communities with planning and mitigating against the risk created by wildfire. The Act prioritizes at-risk communities in an area identified as having high or very high wildfire hazard potential, are low-income, and/or have been impacted by a severe disaster.
Deadline: February 28, 2025
The purpose of the Department of Agriculture’s Community Wildfire Defense Grant is to assist at-risk local Indian tribes with planning and mitigating against the risk created by wildfire. The Act prioritizes at-risk communities in an area identified as having high or very high wildfire hazard potential, are low-income, and/or have been impacted by a severe disaster.
Deadline: February 28, 2025
This Department of the Interior grant focuses on efforts that inform and promote forest and woodland health, sustainable forest management, fire resiliency, biomass utilization for bioenergy, habitat conservation needs, and insect, disease and fire recovery on public lands.
Deadline: February 12, 2025
Learn about the Skokomish Tribe's forest management, and contribution to the new mass timber structure at the Portland International Airport.
Learn about Yakama Nation's forest management, and contribution to the new mass timber structure at the Portland International Airport.
Sustainable Northwest is working with mill owners, environmentalists, and building professionals to restore forest health and create a new generation of sustainable buildings. SNW offers other wood advisor services for mass timber projects.
Prescribed fire is the planned, professional application of fire in the right place, at the right time. It is a safe, effective process that has been sidelined for the last 100 years as we suppressed wildfire on a state and national level.
In central and eastern Washington alone, there are 2.7 million acres of unhealthy forest. That’s why more than 33 organizations and agencies came together in 2017 to address the crisis with a 20-Year Forest Health Strategic Plan. This plan, grounded in science, sets a bold goal of restoring 1.25 million acres of forest to healthy conditions, increasing fire resilience and better protecting our communities.
This study estimates the current and future supply and demand for wood in Washington State west of the Cascade crest based on the current forest practices of private forest landowners, state trust lands, and federal lands.
The story of how the USFS and Vaagen Brothers restored forest stand conditions, reduced hazardous fuels, improved aquatic habitat, and improved recreation opportunities within the South Chewelah, North Chewelah, and Addy watersheds.
Hear directly from the 30 Tribal and US Forester Service professionals working on the ground in forestry and fire across the country about the lessons learned from implementing the Wildfire Crisis Strategy in partnership with tribes.
King County is catalyzing a circular economy around salvaged lumber, which could have potential use in the manufacturing of Cross Laminated Timber.
Washington Commerce and the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency are currently conducting a joint survey to inform the Washington state and Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue Metropolitan Statistical Area Comprehensive Climate Action Plans (CCAPs). Complete the Washington CCAP Survey to let policymakers know that mass timber is part of the solution.
Washington’s Buy Clean and Buy Fair law represents a crucial step in the state’s broader, ongoing commitment to combating climate change and building a clean energy future. Buy Clean and Buy Fair policies can increase demand for low-carbon building materials and incentivize manufacturers to make those products.
Study conducted by the non-profit Carbon Leadership Forum that includes suggestions, recommendations, and comments to help inform future policy and code development.
Through comprehensive analyses of the region-specific private/corporate, WA-DNR, and USFS forestlands, this study assesses the role of Washington’s forestsin mitigating global warming.
The Forest Products Roundtable is a collaborative forum devoted to the economics and sustainability of wood products and the societal recognition of the benefits of managed forests.
Provides GIS and related data resources focused on regional forest, wood processing sites, transportation networks and other infrastructure
This presentation shares information on new Green Building program opportunities and incentives. It also provides tips for property owners and developers on how to plan for and execute mass timber projects
Supports multi-scale resource assessments for forestry organizations including geospatial models and analyses
Provides an overview of land use policies and zoning updates for Seattle's industrial areas.
As part of Redmond 2050, the City is updating regulations to incentivize mass timber construction.
The Mass Timber Insurance Playbook – U.S. Edition (MTIP) gives developers, design/construction professionals, and insurers a comprehensive framework for working together to resolve challenges that impact the insurability of mass timber buildings
Program providing guidance and support for cities interested in developing mass timber accelerator programs.
Webinar discussing mass timber as an opportunity for sustainable development and user well-being, providing insight into design, building safety, and construction considerations.
The Mass Timber Committee plans monthly mass timber presentations, building tours, forest walks, and happy hours. The committee helps people become mass timber experts and advance the industry to build more mass timber projects.
Grant program providing funding for wood energy systems or innovative wood product manufacturing facilities.
Grant program incentivizing the expansion of U.S. wood products market and wood energy markets to support forest systems and other forest lands.
Showcases mass timber and innovative light-frame projects
Presents case studies of projects utilizing mass timber and steel hybrid building technology including its benefits and challenges.
Technical resource for those in the AEC industry interested in exploring mass timber as an alternative building technology for high-rise construction, presenting building case studies and contributions from industry experts
Technical resource providing criteria for engineered wood systems, members and connections in structural elements.
Guides general contractors and installers through the process of planning, procurement, and management of mass timber construction
Evaluates various mass timber structural systems of high-rise projects on a global-scale
Provides insight into regional wood sourcing for the Portland International Airport expansion project.
Standard providing technical information for sawn lumber, connections, and wood products.
Standard providing information on requirements for cross-laminated timber and qualification testing.
Volume 1 and Volume 2 manuals presenting mass timber technical information, case studies, and expert discussion.
Provides technical information on the design and construction of cross-laminated timber systems, code and design standards
Technical resource providing information on forest resources, wood products, fasteners, various composite materials, fire safety, treatments, and construction applications
Presents an overview of mass timber housing developments including structural typologies and systems, building code construction types, typical wall-floor assemblies.
Presents the case for prefabricated mass timber construction and Green Canopy NODE's housing solutions
Case study presenting Heartwood, an 8-story mass timber multi-family housing project designed by AtelierJones.
Provides information on incorporating mass timber in educational facilities and includes relevant case studies.
Competition requesting proposals for educational/institutional buildings in the U.S.
Studies the possibilities in multi-story mass timber construction for K-12 schools in Washington to support the demand for additional learning spaces that are adaptable to changing educational needs, are financially viable, and promote resilience.
Highlights the use of mass timber construction in K-12 educational facilities and provides insight into benefits of mass timber including its cost-competitiveness, spatial efficiency and flexibility, and sustainability advantage.