Ontario’s first DLT factory
Build faster. Build cleaner. Build better.
Mass timber floors go down in days, not weeks — on quiet, dry sites, in a material that stores carbon for the life of the building. Dowel-laminated timber (DLT), made in Southern Ontario. Design assist and sizing now; first panels in spring 2027.
HOW WE DELIVER IT
What is Dowel Laminated Timber?
DLT is a structural mass timber panel made from SPF softwood lamella joined edge-to-edge by hardwood dowels. No glue. No metal fasteners. Just wood, joined by wood.
The dowels are inserted at a lower moisture content than the surrounding lamella. As they equilibrate, they swell into a permanent friction-fit bond — a joint that strengthens as the wood settles. The result is natural, carbon-storing, and structurally precise.
WHY MASS TIMBER
Four reasons the industry is switching.
SCHEDULE
Weeks off the critical path.
No formwork, no rebar, no waiting on concrete to cure — interior trades start work immediately. Panels arrive finished, sequenced, and labelled, and floors go down in days. A faster weather-tight building means earlier revenue.
SITE
Clean, quiet, and dry.
Prefabricated panels install with small crews and smaller cranes — fewer deliveries, less noise, no wet trades on the structure. Openings and penetrations are cut in the shop, not on site, and engineered per project. A dry site and a clean critical path.
CARBON
The structure is the carbon plan.
Every cubic metre of DLT stores about 860 kg of CO₂ drawn from the atmosphere by the tree, held for the life of the building. Ask us for the stored-carbon figure and its basis.
EXPERIENCE
And the building feels better.
Left exposed, the timber structure is the finished ceiling — warm, natural, and quiet in a way suspended ceilings never are. Exposed timber is the finish, not a cover-up.
The full case — codes, fire, acoustics, and who benefits most — is on our
Mass Timber page.
TIMBER IN USE
What exposed structure looks like.
Mass timber interiors, shown for illustration. Not Engrained projects.
DLT panels arrive finished and sequenced, so floors go down in days, not weeks.
Warm wood and glass at street level — the structure carries the architecture’s first impression.
No cladding, no cover — the ceiling you build is the ceiling you keep.
Planning a mass timber project?
Tell us about your project. The earlier we’re involved in design development, the more we can offer.
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