Emily designed the first cross-laminated timber structure built in Oregon as part of an expansion of the Oregon Zoo, and has been investigating and implementing mass timber solutions ever since. A 2015 travel research fellowship to study mass timber applications in Europe brought her interest in modularity and off-site construction efficiency into focus. As a project architect and project manager at Path, she works exclusively on mass timber projects, from feasibility through construction. She has a Bachelor of Architecture from Cornell University.

Graham Finch is a Principal and Senior Building Science Specialist with RDH Building Science. Graham works across a wide spectrum of RDH’s core service areas and is directly involved with building enclosure consulting, existing building investigation work, and research related to building materials and building enclosures across North America. Graham regularly works with building product manufacturers and other clients on product research and development, performance monitoring, forensic investigations, and field testing. He also works closely with architects and developers to support the design of high-performance building enclosures and façade systems. Graham is directly involved with the majority of RDH’s mass timber and high-rise wood building projects and instrumental in leading industry research, guideline development, risk management, and façade development for these new wood buildings. His publications related to mass timber and tall wood has included the Guide for Designing Energy-Efficient Building Enclosures, the Building Enclosure Design Guide for Wood Frame Buildings, Mass Timber Building Enclosure Design Guide, Building Enclosure Chapters within the CLT and NLT Handbooks and the Guide for Tall Wood Buildings.

Tour Guided by Tamlin International Homes

Just a 12-minute drive north of Whistler Village, B.C., WedgeWoods Properties encompasses 600 acres spread across a terraced mountain valley with year-round sun, hiking and biking trails, vast acreage estate properties, and 350 acres of protected wilderness. This session will focus on a guided tour of a newly-built modern style west coast post & beam home in WedgeWoods, customized for a local Whistler couple’s lifestyle, growing family, and lot configuration.

Through the insight of the custom builder (Tamlin International Homes Ltd), this tour and presentation examines the Design-Build process from conceptual plans, to budgets and planning, permit plans, hiring of professionals, managing of all materials and labour for construction, and final delivery to owner. On-site structural components will be featured including ICF foundation (insulated concrete forms), factory built pre-fabricated wall panels, precut-ready to install glue laminated beams/timber frame, engineered wood components, exterior insulation, factory pre-stained sidings, and other energy efficient technology. Also covered will be on-site installation and environmental advantages in factory-built house packages, including less waste, less on-site labor, fewer vehicle deliveries, adaptation to remote locations, and constructing efficiently (especially to “lock up”) within seasonal limitations.

Tour Guided by Daizen Joinery

Kadenwood Estates is a private enclave of mountain homes situated high above Whistler Creekside with high end residences (4,000-7,500 sq.ft.) nestled among the old growth forest and astounding Coastal Range Mountain Views. This session will focus on a tour of a new high end residence in Kadenwood, now at its finishing phase of construction. The tour will be guided by designing architectural firm Openspace Architecture with a first-hand inner looking into the project design, the construction process, and the building materials applied. The tour will also be guided by the timber component supplier Daizen Joinery to explain the structural and aesthetic features of the glulam post and beam and engineered timber components that were manufactured for this project.