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Exterior evening view of low rise StructureCraft Facility showing extensive use of exterior wood paneling

StructureCraft Manufacturing Facility

Location: Abbotsford, B.C.
Architect: Keystone Architecture
Completion: 2017
Photo credit: StructureCraft

Size
4,645 square metres

Owner
StructureCraft

Structural Engineer
StructureCraft

Construction Manager
StructureCraft

Engineered Wood Supplier / Fabricator
StructureCraft

Structural systems
Low rise
Mass timber
Panelized
Post + beam
Prefabricated

Project materials
Dowel-laminated timber (DLT)
Glue-laminated timber (Glulam)
Laminated strand lumber (LSL)
Nail-laminated timber (NLT)
Plywood

Reinventing industrial buildings with all-timber, deconstructable manufacturing facility

StructureCraft, an engineer-led fabricator of innovative timber structures, reinvents the industrial building typology with its nearly 5,000-square-metre all-timber manufacturing facility.

Assembled as an all-timber kit-of-parts in less than a week

StructureCraft’s prefabricated facility, built from a simple kit-of-parts composed of glulam columns and beams, tall wood walls and wood roof panels, was erected in just five days, demonstrating a cost-effective method of constructing an attractive industrial building. The facility includes a manufacturing plant for dowel-laminated timber (DLT), and open-concept offices where designers, engineers, estimators and fabricators work collaboratively on custom mass-timber structures, from concept and modelling to fabrication and installation.

As a sustainable alternative to concrete tilt-up construction, its prefabricated wall and roof panels showcase the variety of cutting-edge mass-timber and engineered wood products that the facility itself designs and assembles for projects around the world. In addition to DLT, these include LSL, nail-laminated timber (NLT) and glulam.

“Our team aimed to develop a signature structure that would expand on what’s possible with wood. Not only was a cost-effective industrial building quickly and efficiently built, but this project showcases the advantages of building with engineered wood for the industrial buildings of tomorrow.”

LUCAS EPP, VICE PRESIDENT AND HEAD OF ENGINEERING, STRUCTURECRAFT
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