Element5 Co.

17/03/2026

📢 Project Update – 60 Bowden 📢 8 storeys. 50 units. Built in just 41 working days.

🏗️ Element5 is proud to have supplied the mass timber for this innovative affordable housing project, helping bring much-needed homes for seniors to market faster.

🌲 Using 7-ply CLT floor and core panels and Glulam columns, our prefabricated system is enabling rapid, precise assembly on a tight urban site, all while reducing disruption and lowering embodied carbon.

👉🏼 The result? A high-performance building that combines speed, sustainability, and design flexibility, rising above the preserved façade of the historic Danforth Baptist Church.

Delivered in partnership with WoodGreen Community Services, this development shows how mass timber can scale to meet urgent housing needs.

HASSLACHER NORICA TIMBER President and CEO Christoph Kulterer, Lee Scott, P. Eng, Element5 Director of Sales and Element5, and Dennis Bott, Element5 VP of Sales & Marketing recently got a tour of the project thanks to the fabulous Chris Loftin, GSC of Loftin Management.

Congratulations to the incredible project team!

👷🏽 Project Team
Client: WoodGreen Community Services
Developer / Design-Builder: Assembly Corp.
Architect: McCallum Sather
Heritage Architect: ERA Architects Architects Inc.
General Contractor: Loftin Management
Engineer: Thornton Tomasetti
Envelope: Fab Structures
Mass Timber Supplier: Element5
Install of all wood systems: Timber Panel Group Inc.

The project is supported by the City of Toronto and the Government of Canada’s Rapid Housing Initiative (RHI).

12/03/2026

📢 Our TRCA project keeps racking up awards! The latest one is the 2025 Award of Excellence in Architecture from the AIA Canada Society! 📢

👉🏼 The head offices for the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) is a 85,000 sq.ft., 4-storey post-and-beam office building, that is a model of sustainability in action.

🏗 Element5 was proud to have supplied the cross-laminated mass timber ( ) floors and walls, while our parent company HASSLACHER NORICA TIMBER supplied the beams and columns.

This prestigious "Award of Excellence in Architecture" recognition is given to only one project each year, and the building will represent Canada in the International Societies category at the 2026 AIA Convention in San Diego, California.

Designed in collaboration with ZAS Architects, Bucholz McEvoy Architects and RJC Engineers - this LEED v4 Platinum, and Zero Carbon-certified facility shows a deep commitment to innovative and sustainable design.

Mass timber install was done by Timmerman Timberworks Inc.

Congratulations to the TRCA and the project team!

09/03/2026

📢 Project Update – Wardlaw Cres. Superstructure Complete 📢 In Toronto, a new 4-storey mass timber affordable housing building will deliver 51 units with wraparound supports for residents experiencing housing instability.

🌲 Element5 is proud to supply the structure for this supportive housing development. The prefabricated mass timber superstructure is now complete - helping the project move forward efficiently while supporting low-carbon construction and high-quality housing.

🏗️ The building will feature self-contained apartments with private bathrooms and kitchenettes, along with shared amenities including laundry facilities, a commercial kitchen, and programming spaces for residents.

⚡ Mass timber plays a key role in the project’s sustainability strategy. Built using locally manufactured Ontario timber, the structure supports reduced construction timelines, lower embodied carbon, and is Net-Zero-ready - designed to produce as much clean energy as it consumes.

❤️ The development is part of a collaborative approach to supportive housing, bringing together the City of Toronto and a network of community organizations to help residents build stability.

👷🏽 Project Team:
Client: City of Toronto
Design-Builder: Gillam
Architect: Montgomery Sisam Architects
Structural Engineer: Entuitive
Sustainability & Building Performance Consultant: Pratus Group
Mechanical & Electrical Engineering: Quasar Consulting Group
Operator: Youth Without Shelter (YWS)
Community Partners:
- Midaynta Community Services
- Rexdale Women's Centre
- Delta Family Resource Centre
- Albion Neighbourhood Services
Mass Timber Supplier: Element5

04/03/2026

Issue #99 of WoodWorks "Wood Design & Building" magazine features our Pathway vertical addition mass timber project!

👉🏼 The article describes how Pathway Non-Profit Housing added a 2-storey vertical mass timber addition to one of their existing properties, unlocking new housing without having to find new land.

🌲 Mass timber was identified as the most suitable lightweight system to build the extra storeys, the design team developed a structural strategy that addressed gravity loads, material interfaces, lateral stability, and construction practicalities.

🏗️ In fact, with a structural weight roughly 50% lower than an equivalent concrete building, the mass timber addition could be supported by the existing structure without the need for reinforcement.

Also, because the building remained occupied throughout the build, reducing construction time was a priority - a requirement that further supported the choice of mass timber.

🛠️ Read the full article for details including info on:
- the structural feasibility study
- load plan and structural bays
- Framing and lateral systems
- connections

🔗 https://cwc.maglr.com/wood-design-building-2025-volume-24-issue-99/feature-mass-timber-overbuild

Thanks to architect Cathy Tafler and Craig Nicoletti, P. Eng. from Engineering Link from the project team for their contributions to the article!

27/02/2026

📢 Project Update - Video Post 📢 Terrific progress has been made to-date on the construction on the CAMH Temerty Discovery Centre.

👉🏼 Upon completion, this 385,000 sq. ft., 7-storey facility will become Canada’s largest hybrid mass timber public building.

This new Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) building will house 1,400 researchers & clinicians and will contain research and health labs, space for clinical trials, and more.

The Centre is targeting LEED v4 Platinum and Tier 3 Toronto Green Standards.

🌲 Why Mass Timber?
The hybrid mass timber building reduces the carbon footprint significantly compared to conventional building systems and helps to create a sense of warmth and well-being, reducing stress and increasing creativity.

The curvilinear structure is built using cross-laminated timber (CLT) and a CLT/concrete composite floor system. This composite floor system incorporates a unique "bubble deck" concrete assembly attached to CLT through kerf cuts and shear keys.

🏗 Element5’s Role
Supporting our clients properly means having the advanced CNC capability to produce complex geometries at scale.

The CAMH project is a stunning building, with curved surfaces on almost every piece of CLT. Element5 was one of the few companies who could execute this, at the volume required.

As a design-assist partner from the schematic design stage, we played a crucial role in integrating cross-laminated timber (CLT) into the building’s CLT/concrete composite floor system.

Finally, we provided 3D BIM modelling, engineering support, fabrication, delivery, and installation of CLT components.

👷🏽 Project Team
Architects: KPMB Architects + Treanor
General Contractor: PCL Construction
Structural Engineer: Blackwell
Civil Engineering: WSP
Mass Timber Supplier: Element5

Video courtesy of ZeeDrone Aerial Solutions

24/02/2026

📢 Project Update – Globeville Affordable Housing 📢 Ground has broken and construction has begun on this 250,000 sq. ft., 5-storey, mixed-use mass timber community hub in Denver.

🏗️ Globeville is the largest project in North America and will transform a city-owned parcel and former car dealership site into a multi-generational community hub.

👉🏼 Most importantly, the project will provide 170 affordable units, a new Denver Public Library branch, a community café, and more than 50,000 sq. ft. of landscaped green space.

Structurally, 4 storeys of cross-laminated timber ( ) will rise above a concrete podium that anchors civic and public spaces at grade. This hybrid approach reflects the neighborhood’s industrial heritage while creating a warm, healthy, low-carbon living environment above.

🌲Element5 is proud to be supporting the project through digital modelling and DfMA collaboration, as well as supplying CLT panels and Glulam columns and beams.

👷🏽 Project Team
Owners / Co-Developers:
• Evergreen Real Estate Group
• Rocky Mountain Communities
• GES Coalition

General Contractors:
• Milender White
• Gilmore Construction Corporation

Design Architect: John Ronan Architects
Architect of Record: ej architecture, pllc.
Structural Engineer: KL&A
Mass Timber Supplier: Element5

23/02/2026

📢 Project Update – 35 Bellevue 📢 Even with the snowstorms, construction is moving full-speed ahead on this 4-storey , project in the heart of Kensington Market in Toronto. Cranes are onsite and installing CLT panels as the building takes shape.

🏗️ Designed to deliver 78 deeply affordable apartments with shared amenities and rent geared to income, this project puts people and community first.

🌲 Element5 is proud to support this initiative as the mass timber supplier, helping deliver a lower-carbon, high-performance building aligned with the City of Toronto’s TransformTO Net Zero Strategy.

👉🏼 You can see from the photos how dense the area is where the building is going up – offsite construction and mass timber are perfectly suited for these types of infill sites. What used to be a parking lot, is being transformed into housing - faster, greener, and with lasting impact.

In fact, Montgomery Sisam Architects chose a CLT superstructure (floors, roof, exterior walls) in part because it can be erected by a single trade in weeks, rather than the months required for conventional concrete construction.

Once complete, 35 Bellevue will provide stable, dignified homes and wraparound supports. showing how innovative construction can help address both the housing and climate crises.

👏🏼 We’re proud to be part of this transformative project with our partners on the project team.

👷 Project Team
Developers: St. Clare’s Multifaith Housing Society, KKensington Market Community Land Trust City of Toronto
Builder: GGillam Architect: Montgomery Sisam Architects
Engineering: MMTE Consultants TThornton Tomasetti Mass Timber Supplier: Element5

16/02/2026

📢 We're thrilled to have been nominated as a finalist for the Mayor's Choice Award in the St. Thomas & District Chamber of Commerce's Impact Awards! 📢

🌟 This distinguished award honours a business, organization, or individual who has made an extraordinary impact on our community.

🏆 Mayors’ Choice Award Finalists

Nominated by the Mayors of St. Thomas, Central Elgin, and Southwold, the finalists embody leadership, service, and dedication that strengthen the social and economic well-being of our region.

- Mike Choi - Country Grocery Inc.
- Element5
- New Sarum Diner

We are truly honored to be included in this year’s nominations alongside so many fantastic companies.

We are also thankful to St. Thomas & District Chamber of Commerce and our community for the continued support!

12/02/2026

📢 Come visit us at in Orlando! 📢 Element5 and the HASSLACHER group will be at the NAHB The International Builders' Show next week.

👉🏼 The International Builders' Show® (IBS) is the largest annual light construction show in the world, and brings 70,000+ industry pros from 100+ countries, 1,700+ top companies and brands and 120+ education sessions to Orlando.

It’s a chance for attendees to explore the latest products, connect with the best in the business and gain insights not found anywhere else.

🌟 IBS DETAILS
- Show takes place February 17 - 19
- Orange County Convention Center (OCCC), Orlando, FL
- Element5 and HASSLACHER NORICA TIMBER will be at Booth W6458 (in the Building Materials section of the West Hall)

Come by and say hi and let's talk !

09/02/2026

📢 Nice feature on the "Tall Timber: The Future of Cities in Wood" exhibit, currently on display in downtown Detroit. 📢 The show has recently been extended to March 4, 2026.

🏗️ The exhibit introduces to the general public, leaders, and decision-makers, and deepens engagement by practitioners through architectural models, material samples, videos, drawings, and photography that present some of the most interesting, innovative, and beautiful examples of buildings conceived in this new system of design and construction.

♥️ We're proud to have 3 of our mass timber projects featured in the show:
- Griffith Veterinary Hospital, in Westland, Michigan
- Mitchell Elementary Public School, in Ann Arbor Michigan
- KRESA Career Connect Campus, in Kalamazoo, Michigan

Full Details of the exhibit here: https://www.canr.msu.edu/masstimber/Events-and-Trainings/tall-timber

👏 The exhibit is hosted by the good folks at Mass Timber at MSU and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.

01/02/2026

📢 Project Update – 60 Bowden St. 📢 Terrific to see continued progress on site of the Danforth Baptist Church re-development into a 50-unit, 8-storey building.

🎥 See the action in this construction video from our partners Loftin Management.

🌲 Exposed columns and 7-ply panels (supplied by Element5), are now clearly defining the building’s form as the structure rises floor by floor.

🏗️ This adaptive-reuse project preserves the historic church façade and twin towers, while the mass timber mass timber structure enables rapid installation and reduces site disruption.

🌟 The building will provide affordable studio and 1-bedroom apartments exclusively for residents aged 59 and older - one of the fastest-growing populations in need of affordable housing.

♥️ Owned and operated by WoodGreen Community Services, the project will offer resident with access to wraparound services, including personal support workers, social workers, specialists, transportation services, recreational programs, and shared amenity spaces designed to promote well-being and community connection.

👷🏽 Project Team
Client: WoodGreen Community Services
Developer / Design-Builder: Assembly Corp.
Architect: McCallum Sather
Heritage Architect: ERA Architects
General Contractor: Loftin Management
Engineer: Thornton Tomasetti
Envelope: Fab Structures
Mass Timber Supplier: Element5
Install of all wood systems: Timber Panel Group Inc.

The project is supported by the City of Toronto and the Government of Canada’s Rapid Housing Initiative (RHI).

22/01/2026

We are thrilled to be nominated for the Mayor's Choice award!

🏅 Mayors’ Choice Award Finalists 🏅
This distinguished award honours a business, organization, or individual who has made an extraordinary impact on our community.

Nominated by the Mayors of St. Thomas, Central Elgin, and Southwold, these finalists embody leadership, service, and dedication that strengthen the social and economic well-being of our region.

🌟 Mike Choi - Country Grocery Inc.
🌟 Element5
🌟 New Sarum Diner