Video Library

Oregon Mass Timber Coalition (OMTC) Forest to Frame Tour – Recap

The Oregon Mass Timber Coalition (OMTC) is creating equitable economic development and family-wage rural and urban jobs from sustainable wood products grown and manufactured in Oregon. The U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded the OMTC a $41.4 million Build Back Better grant to advance Oregon’s sustainable mass timber sector. This investment will drive jobs, sustainable forestry, and modular mass timber housing.

Housing Solutions: Mass Timber and the Missing Middle

Jessy Ledesma, Founder and Principal of Homework Development, speaks to mass timber as a solution for small to mid-size multi-family housing (aka missing middle housing). Developed by the Port of Portland and the Oregon Dept. of Forestry, these videos showcase innovative partners actively engaged in using mass timber to address social, economic and ecological sustainability in Oregon.

A History of Innovation: Origins of Freres Mass Plywood

Tyler Freres, Vice President of Freres Lumber, traces the origins of mass plywood and advocates for elevating the dialogue around the future of rural communities. Developed by the Port of Portland and the Oregon Dept. of Forestry, these videos showcase innovative partners actively engaged in using mass timber to address social, economic and ecological sustainability in Oregon.

A Sound Idea: University of Oregon Acoustic Testing Facility for Mass Timber Assemblies

Developed by the University of Oregon and the Institute for Health in the Built Environment (IHBE), this video examines how an improved acoustic testing facility would advance affordable mass timber housing.

Connecting the Dots: Climate Change, Wildfire, Jobs and Mass Timber

Paul Vanderford, Director of Green Markets at Sustainable Northwest, connects the dots between forest health, active forest management, climate change and mass timber. Developed by the Port of Portland and the Oregon Dept. of Forestry, these videos showcase innovative partners actively engaged in using mass timber to address social, economic and ecological sustainability in Oregon.

Fuels to Frame

Researchers at Oregon State University explain how modular mass timber buildings could hold the key to scaling up forest restoration and providing much needed emergency housing. This video was produced by Bihn Communications, LLC, in partnership with Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF), TallWood Design Institute (TDI), and researchers in the College of Forestry and the Department of Wood Science and Engineering (WSE) at Oregon State University (OSU). Funding for this video was provided to Oregon State University and TallWood Design Institute by California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection under award #9CA04910.

Expanding Benefits: Mass Timber and Equity

Anyeley Hallova, Founder and Principal of Adre talks about how mass timber can address racial and social equity. Developed by the Port of Portland and the Oregon Dept. of Forestry, these videos showcase innovative partners actively engaged in using mass timber to address social, economic and ecological sustainability in Oregon.

Equity Impacts & Oregon's Federal Mass Timber Award

Mass Timber Rising Trailer

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.