Each of the following individuals will receive a $1,500 Bursary, please join us in congratulating the following Bursary recipients:

Taylor Ann Ellery – B. Taylor Home Hardware Building Centre – Dryden, ON

Taylor Freemantle – RONA Pinecrest Lumber Ltd. – Nipawin, SK

Erick Gillard – AKX Lumber Ltd. – Calgary, AB

Jessica Klassen – Westrum Lumber Ltd. – Rouleau, SK

Victoria Haghighi – East Central Co-op – Kelvington, SK

Josh Driedger – Canadian Lumber – Altona, MB

Tristen Tulkens – Warman Home Centre LP -  Warman, SK

This year's program has come to and end, Scholarship recipients will be posted by the end of November.
CLICK HERE for more information on the WRLA Bursary & Scholarship Program

The face of mid-rise construction may well be changing in North America. On the west coast, hundreds of wood-frame mid-rise buildings have been built or are under construction, and the trend is moving east as six-storey wood frame construction is in the process of being adopted by several codes. Meanwhile, in Ontario, Canada, more than 125 mid-rise buildings have been constructed with insulated concrete forms (ICFs) over the last decade, with many more under design and in construction across North America.

Read the full article here to see how ICFs stack up against wood-frame to build 4 to 6-storey mid-rise buildings.

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