Wood Option Policy in all Future Building Construction RFPs

WHEREAS the forest industry is the main economic engine of the Province of BC; AND WHEREAS building with wood is good for our economy, helping to expand all sectors of the forest industry, maintaining jobs and creating new business opportunities, is an environmentally friendly building material, and has a proven track record as being cost-competitive with other building materials: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that UBCM members consider a policy of requesting a wood option in all future building construction Request for Proposals and that, if the wood option successfully meets all the municipalitys or regional districts project criteria, it be given every consideration.