FPInnovations has a new addition to its roster of wood-building construction guides—the Offsite Wood Construction Handbook.
Industrialized offsite construction, also known as prefabricated or modular construction, is a construction method where building materials and components are manufactured and assembled offsite in factories before being transported to the project site for the final assembly. This approach can improve efficiency, reduce cost, and enhance quality compared to the traditional onsite construction. Industrialized offsite construction results from the reality of labour shortages, as well as the desire to automate manufacturing processes and shorten delivery schedules.
As the construction industry evolves and processes are becoming automated, FPInnovations has been working on industrialized offsite construction for the last decade to ensure that the Canadian wood industry maintains its competitiveness. Guided by a comprehensive roadmap developed by FPInnovations and its partners in 2019 to identify the knowledge gaps, FPInnovations accelerated in the past five years to address the impacts of manufacturing and construction changes across the value chain.
This free handbook is available for download now.
Building with wood: FPInnovations’ library of guides
The Offsite Wood Construction Handbook is the latest resource that FPInnovations offers for professionals working in the area of wood construction. Read about some of our other recent guides by clicking this link, or visit FPInnovations’ online library to search our catalogue of more than 10,000 titles on a wide range of topics related to forest operations, wood products, pulp and paper, and bio-sourced products.
