Mass Timber: Better Buildings, Resilient Forests, Brighter Future
We're creating equitable economic development and family-wage rural and urban jobs from sustainable wood products that are grown and manufactured in Oregon.
The U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) has awarded Oregon Mass Timber Coalition a $41.4 million Build Back Better grant to advance Oregon’s sustainable mass timber sector. This investment will drive jobs, sustainable forestry, and mass timber housing.
Mass Timber Rising
Expanding the mass timber ecosystem can address the region’s three grand challenges: housing, forest health, and economic disparity. The Coalition, through strategic projects, is using mass timber to advance equity, innovation, and sustainability in the region. Learn more about the work in this trailer for our upcoming film project, Mass Timber Rising.
Forest to Frame Tour
The 2023 Forest to Frame Tour showcased the links in the supply chain—from the inspiring new mass timber roof at the Portland Airport, to world class research facilities at the TallWood Design Institute, to resilience treatments that make our forests safer from wildfire. The tour brought together economic development, forestry, architecture, engineering, and wood utilization professionals to learn about Oregon’s innovative approach to fostering a globally competitive mass timber industry.
About the Coalition
The Coalition is a partnership between Oregon’s leading research universities and government agencies.
T2: Building Innovation Hub
The T2 Building Innovation Hub is a signature project of the Oregon Mass Timber Coalition, led by the Port of Portland.
Located on the 53-acre Terminal 2 site in Portland, the facility will build and supply mass timber panels for modular homes, which will be barged and trucked from Terminal 2 to communities in need around Oregon.
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Mass Timber in the News
The label allows the projects to compete for up to $75 million each in federal CHIPS and Science Act funding.
As part of the President’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Commerce identifies regional centers primed for innovation and job creation.
Millions in funding from the federal government and the state of Oregon is being funneled into projects for the Oregon Mass Timber Coalition — and some people involved believe Southern Oregon could be a natural fit for the evolving industry.
The $1 million grants will help the universities develop strategic plans for how to grow the region’s semiconductor and mass timber industries and improve its electrical grid.
At the International Mass Timber Conference, held at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland from March 27 to 29, a mood of celebration filled the air as a series of overlapping communities came together to acknowledge and plan for mass timber’s growing (if still small) presence in mainstream construction.
Kotek wants to add 36,000 units of new housing each year in order to meet the need. Projects like Mass Casitas could help Oregon achieve that goal.
