six storeys, thats it. Just another wood frame building. The building code changed to allow this a few years back.

What happened to the dream of a 10 storeys.

Build it once, build right.

How abour completion before the next election?

I’m taking bets it will never be built.
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Good point Retired….do the BC Liberals have funds set aside for this building or will it be used as a carrot in the run up to the next provincial election…afterall it was already in three throne speeches one more won’t make much of a difference….adds more political flare to the “iconic” building.

A pretty poor carrot if you ask me….I couldn’t care less if they built a building out of paper mâché.

“What happened to the dream of a 10 storeys.”

It turned into a nightmare.

I thought this was going to be a ten storey ironic educational centre with a financial commitment of close to $100 million? I am sure that’s what I read our new premier said after she unveiled the sign for the project at the forest convention last year.

At roughly $10 million per floor ($500 per sq foot at 20,000 sq feet per floor) for wood construction, losing four floors means the liberals have already cut their commitment by $40 million?

The city should be crying foul and recind the offer of the land if the province can’t delivery on their commitment. At roughly a $3.5 million “donation” of land, surely the city protected our interests if this deal goes south and signed an agreement which commitments the province to “perform”.

If site prep for the Wood Centre isn’t under construction by this fall or full construction next spring at the latest, the property should revert back to the city (us local taxpayers).

Hey Ben can you find out where UNBC and CNC are in getting programming for this wood centre? That was a key promise made by the Bell, Bond, and the Premier.

Has the Province (Advanced Education) given the green light for a wood tech or engineering program at UNBC or CNC or was the educational component tossed out when floors 7 thru 10 were axed?

Hate to say it but I think we need Gordon Campbell back, at least he could get things done and this baby was his vision.

Wood Centre, eh? I guess the fact it will be a “non smoking” building will be a forgone conclusion. Outside fire escapes just like the old days?

I had hoped this goofy plan to build a goofy wooden building had died. Apparently not..

Maybe they will build the wood innovation building out of concrete and steel. Much like the new police station where they are using concrete, and metal studs.

I do not know why people assume that because a building originally proposed to be 10 storeys high in order to beat some magic record that will likely be broken by someone else by the time it is built or shortly thereafter, will be smaller in floor area because it will only be 6 storeys high.

They have a whole city block. That is about 80,000sf. Build 6 storeys and you have almost half a million square feet.

Build a building the size of the HSBC on Victoria and 3rd. which is about 15,000sf/ floor for 10 storeys and you get 150,000 sf.

Nobody stated so far what areas of gross leasable floor space they will be building. I doubt it would be bigger than the HSBC building, whether it is 10 storeys tall or 5 storeys and more closely resemble Paza 400 in massing.

I bet that if it were the size of Plaza 400 it would be he largest wood building in the world for a while…. short while.

Hey Palopu. I love the sound and look of popping nails in drywall on wood studs too…. :-)

Nail popping? Wow1 Those were the days. Sorry, but due to climate change and global warming it ain’t gonna get that cold in these parts anymore. But cheer up. Ya can tell yer grand kids about “nail popping” for those “Gee Whiz” moments with them.

Following up on psst’s question, I wonder whether UNBC will be starting an engineering program, something that has been mentioned from time to time.