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EDITOR’S MESSAGE
Dear Reader:
Each May we meet as a team to review the previous International Mass Timber Conference & Expo and to begin brainstorming the next. That strategizing for the future is the fun part because we get to ask “what’s new?”
If anyone else wonders that of the 2027 show, my honest answer is... a lot. The IMTC team just published our What’s New list for next year and we can’t wait for you to see it in action.
I’ll give you one big jaw-dropper — for our event, anyway — without even having to click the link: in March 2027 the event doors are open Tuesday–Friday. We’re switching some receptions around and just generally shaking things up, so you’ll want to pay attention to the schedule if you’ve attended before since it’s not business-as-usual next year (and we think that’s a good thing).
Get the full “what’s new” list here, and be sure to check out our full-length promo video below.
Registration is open now, and if history is any guide, the tours and other optional tickets start moving fast this time of year.
I’ll be there on the show floor, and so will the rest of the Forest Business News crew — so see you in Portland!
Craig Rawlings
Editor, Forest Business News
Chairman, International Mass Timber Conference
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FEATURED ARTICLE
Mass timber use helped shave $2M in costs from college build
The alternative building material and intentional value engineering helped a building at Western Washington University come together with cost savings and expedited schedules, Mortenson experts said.
The building illustrates how the combination of technology, prefabricated materials and a value-based approach can save time and money on construction projects.
BIOMASS
Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa completes $3.1 million biomass energy project
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EMPLOYMENT
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EVENTS
2026 Timber Market Analysis Class
September 30 | Webinar
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FSC US Stewardship in Action 2026
October 13–15 | Cedarbrook Lodge, Seattle, WA
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Mass Timber Economics: Cost Influences and Real-World Comparisons
October 14 | Webinar
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2026 North American Wholesale Lumber Association (NAWLA) Traders Market
November 4–6 | Anaheim, CA
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North American Biochar Conference
November 16–18 | New Orleans, LA
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Keys to Successful Sawmill Management Training
December 1–3 | Portland, OR
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International Mass Timber Conference & Expo
March 16–19, 2027 (Tuesday thru Friday) | Portland, Oregon • USA
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FORESTRY
California’s climate offsets go up in smoke
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How one man’s radical plan to restore a ruined landscape created an entirely new profession and saved American forestry from oblivion
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1,289-year-old whitebark pine, oldest on record, found in Grand Teton National Park
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MARKETS
National grant aims to build markets for Tribal forest products
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Forest Products Innovation Corridor launches regional effort to rebuild markets for Southern wood
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Georgia Forestry Innovation Initiative selects industry collaborator for pilot plant development
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MASS TIMBER
Michael Green helped launch the mass timber revolution
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Timberlab gives salvaged glulam a new role in mass timber interiors
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Mortenson: Mass timber use helped shave $2M in costs from college build
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Mass timber’s lasting impact at Canadian Nuclear Laboratories
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Japan’s first all-CLT office rises five storeys high in Fukuoka
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Milwaukee’s failed plyscraper leaves its builder owed millions
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How prefab homes can speed up rebuilding after LA’s fires
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Herzog & de Meuron reuses foundations for mass-timber Massachusetts school building
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MTC’s future success rests on more than carbon reduction
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Charlotte breaking ground today on Southeast’s first mass-timber firehouse
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Amazon turns to glulam carports as France pushes car parks to go solar
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Harbor Bay Ventures expands mass timber student housing pipeline in midwest
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As thin as concrete, but made of wood: How the new “UniversalTimberSlab” is breaking boundaries in multi-story mass timber construction
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MILL NEWS
Share your data for the Beck Group’s Hardwood Lumber Benchmarking Study: Data collection closes October 30, 2026, for FY 2025
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Idaho Forest Group’s Laclede mill marks 50 years of growth, grit and innovation
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New Patrick Lumber mill cutting Oregon hardwoods
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Twain Lumber Company to reopen former Teal Jones sawmill, creating 74 jobs in Henry County, Virginia
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Georgia-Pacific tests autonomous drone at Alabama River Cellulose mill
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WOOD CONSTRUCTION
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WOOD PELLETS
BioMassters brings cleaner, lower-cost cooking to 1,280 Kigali households
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Turkish producer ships 3,375 tonnes of wood pellets to EU and UK
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Wood Pellet Association of Canada conference panel discusses emerging competition and market dynamics
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US densified biomass fuel sales reached 960,000 tons in June
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The man who transforms forest waste into wood pellets
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