On average, over 35,000 new homes begin construction every year in Alberta, with concrete predominantly used for the foundations/basements of these buildings. Reducing embodied carbon has emerged recently as a vital new frontier in building decarbonisation. There is growing interests among leaders in architecture & design, manufacturing, and construction to use mass timber panels to replace traditional carbon-intensive materials such as concrete and steel. The proposed project aims to demonstrate a high-performance mass timber foundation solution using Nailed-Laminated Timber (NLT) for residential housing and build capacity for large-scale adoption. The NLT foundation manufacturing facility established in this project will product 250-300 NLT foundations per year.
