Monitoring upscaling of timber construction in the Metropolitan Region of Amsterdam (MRA)

The project, overseen by C-Creators with a range of partners from the public and private sectors and academic institutions, designs a methodology to collect up-to-date data from municipalities, developers, investors and housing associations to monitor uptake of mass timber and progress toward timber usage targets in Amsterdam, along with collecting the data itself and providing an overview of housing being built with mass timber in the Municipality. The monitor is developed and executed in close collaboration with the MRA.

The scope of work identifies types of buildings, companies in the sector, materials and products used, and the influence of costs in developing locations. The team also leverages the information from monitoring to make recommendations on how to close any gaps between the MRA target and implementation. In-depth stakeholder interviews will identify and map barriers and solutions, with the project team reporting regularly on progress through presentations, reports and visualisations.

Read the press release: Built by Nature awards grant to monitor upscaling of timber construction in the Metropolitan Region of Amsterdam