Registration:

To be part of this mission and meet with QWEB’s members, please fill out this form: https://quebecwoodexport.com/en/qweb-california-mission-registration/

 

If you are not a speaker or a member, please book your hotel room here: Double Tree, Berkeley


Schedule 

Thursday, Oct. 27th:

Companies from Quebec arriving in California 

 

Friday, Oct. 28th:

Berkeley Marina Doubletree Hotel and Conference Center.

9:00 Historic recent commerce links between California and Canada

  • Introduction to California/Quebec alliances already supported locally
    • Mathieu Cormier: Director of Economic Affairs. Quebec Trade Office Silicon Valley
  • The nonprofit wood association QWEB: Wood construction Group’s activities and member capacities
    • Alain Boulet, Manager of the Wood Structure Group.
    • Eli Gould, US Representative and Architectural Liason.

 

9:15 California’s policy compass: pointing towards embodied carbon and responsible sourcing.

  • Anish Tilak, Manager of RMI’s Carbon-Free Buildings program.
  • Examples from the Bay Area municipalities and regional stakeholders
    • Roundtable and/or materials on hand from case studies and leaders from the host Alameda County’s 48 year old policy track record, using landfill fees to fund 15 cities’ programs. Miya Kitahara or delegate.
    • Eden Brukman, San Francisco Department of the Environment and Alameda County

 

9:45 Code Environment and Trends in California: With consideration of wood vs seismic, wildfire, & termite risk

  • International Code Council’s Susan M. Dowty, PE, SE, Regional Manager

 

10:15 Coffee and Questions

 

10:30 Enabling technologies short course: Four agents of change with leadership from California & Canada

  • Highlights of the Offsite Wood BIM toolkit, collaboration with transparency data leaders at EC3, the potential of biogenic carbon reporting within California policy, and a case study of innovative uses of California mineral salts for Insect and Fire Resistant Treated Wood in California cities with termite and/or wildfire concerns.
    • Eli Gould, US Representative, QWEB Wood Structure Group

 

11:00 How Mass Timber Has Arrived on a Bold Scale: studies of recent logistical achievements delivering large scale tech campus projects to California. Understanding the different scopes, qualifications, and intellectual property considerations of the master builder role (and in preparation for Monday’s Google project visit).

  • Jean-Marc Dubois, Nordic Structures, and Tym, Kinsol Timber Systems.
  • Wrap up remarks and questions & answer session.

 

12:00 to 1:30 p.m. Lunch

 

California housing market overview: with a focus on industrialized wood construction

  • Top four market areas/analysis by regional real estate consulting firm LondonMoeder
    • Speaker: Nathan Moeder.

 

2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Organized B2B meetings with QWEB members

 

Saturday, Oct. 29th:

Visit of Muir Woods National Monument and dinner at Berkeley Double Tree

 

Sunday, Oct. 30th:

Free day 

 

Monday, Oct. 31st:  

10:00 to 11:00: Brunch  

 

11:30: Departure for buildings visit 

 

3 p.m.: Drop off at San Franscisco Hotel 

 

November 1st to 3rd:

IWBC fair 

 

Participating QWEB members:

AmeriCan Structure 

  • Manufacturer of panelized walls, roof trusses, and floor joists 
  • Type of clients sought: Real estate developers, contractors, builders, framers 
  • Note: can work in a 3D BIM environment

Boralife 

  • Treats structural wood in Quebec against termites and fire. They have their American certification.  Their treatment was developed with the company Rio Tinto of California. 
  • Type of clients sought: Distributors/wholesalers of structural lumber 

Expert Maison Inc. 

  • Manufacturer of panelized homes and can provide house packages 
  • Type of clients sought: Real estate developers, contractors, builders 
  • Note: can work in a 3D BIM environment 

Maison Laprise inc.

  • Manufacturer of panelized homes and can provide house packages 
  • Type of clients sought: Real estate developers, contractors, builders 
  • Note: can work in a 3D BIM environment 

Nordic Structures

  • Largest North American manufacturer of solid wood structures, glulam (glued laminated timber) and CLT (cross laminated timber).  Already have experience doing business in California 
  • Type of clients sought: Architects, real estate developers, contractors 

N.A. Structures Inc. 

  • Manufacturer of hybrid structures, wood-steel, luxury homes, high-end.  Already have experience doing business in California 
  • Type of clients sought: Architects, real estate developers, contractors, builders 
  • Note: can work in a 3D BIM environment 

Structurex 

  • Manufacturer of panelized walls, roof trusses, and floor joists 
  • Type of clients sought: Real estate developers, contractors, builders, framers

Unicel Architectural Corp. 

  • Manufacturer of wood (and aluminum) curtain walls, for high-end homes, and commercial (restaurants, offices, etc.) 
  • Type of clients sought: Architects, real estate developers, contractors, builders