Forests are one of North America’s greatest renewable resources.

Wood technology — and business opportunities around it — are emerging as powerful players in building sustainable cities.

The Oregon Daily Journal of Commerce and CityAge are thrilled to present Forest Cities — a look at how advanced innovative wood technologies present major opportunities in urban design and construction.

We'll look at the state of cross-laminated timber, and the opportunities it opens up for mass timber construction in towns and cities across North America.

What You'll Learn About

• Total Addressable Market: The scale of mass timber’s potential - continentally and globally - and how it can help solve the climate crisis
• Develop, Design & Build: If you’re a developer, what do you need to know? How can you get started? How do the costs and safety compare to traditional construction methods? And as an industry and urban ecosystem, how do we dramatically increase the use of wood buildings in our cities?
• The Business Case: Costs, safety, scalability, regulations
• How to Scale: Modular construction to accelerate the industry

Hear from these Speakers

(More Coming Soon!)

Learn from from cities, developers, designers and construction firms about how North America’s Forest Cities can accelerate — and benefit from — the use of wood-tech in building our cities and economy.

Nathan Torgelson

Director,

Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections

Dr. Galina Churkina

Senior Scientist, Potsdam Institute for Climate Research

Paul Fast

Founder, Fast + Epp

Brad Nile, AIA

Get Involved in Forest Cities

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Thank you to our Partners