Wood WORKS! BC has announced the nominees for the 2018 Wood Design Awards in B.C. There are 100 nominations in 14 categories, including one new category called Prefabricated Structural Wood, which recognizes creative design and innovative use of prefabricated wood systems, components and modules in a variety of building types.

The winners will be announced at the 14th annual Wood Design Awards evening, to be held on Monday, February 26th at the Vancouver Convention Centre (West), where they will be recognized for their leadership and innovation in wood use. More than 400 design and building professionals, including architects, structural engineers and project teams along with industry sponsors will be attending.

Submissions this year are from many locations in B.C. as well as other parts of Canada, and international projects from as far away as China. Projects of all types and sizes demonstrating outstanding architectural and structural achievement using wood are among the nominees, which include a library, a fire centre, an industrial building, a hotel, and a number of residential and mid-rise projects.

The panel of three judges were Kristin Slavin, AIA, LEED BD+C, Path Architecture, Portland, OR; Brian McClure, P.Eng., Struct.Eng., senior structural engineer/partner, Sorensen Trilogy, Nanaimo, B.C.; and Susan Gagnon, vice president, communications & research, Coast Forest Products Association in Vancouver.

For the full list of nominees, visit www.wood-works.ca/bc