“Ossington went up in, I think, 17 working days,” says Luke Moir, project manager at Assembly. “That’s a huge advantage; on average it’s $60,000 a month to run a job. … So the quicker you can compress that construction schedule, you have savings.”

Jennifer Keesmaat, former Chief Planner for the City of Toronto, speaks on solutions for affordable housing and congestion, with reference to Assembly’s mass-timber, mid-rise urban infill housing products.

The urgent need for housing, built quickly and affordably, combined with recent policy changes for mid rise development in the City of Toronto, presents a clear opportunity mass-timber, modular housing.

The Housing Supply Challenge Round 4, “Building for the Future – Innovative Construction for Housing Affordability,” has announced it’s finalists. Assembly Corp. has been awarded funding for our solution “Assembly manufactured solutions for modular wood midrise housing.”

As a sustainable alternative to conventional construction, Assembly’s prefabricated, all-wood housing solutions are critical to addressing Canada’s housing and climate crises. Read more on Urban Toronto’s profile of Assembly’s projects and approach to sustainability. 

Sustainable construction materials are proving to be cost-effective and economically beneficial in the long run. Geoff Cape, Assembly CEO, and Francesca MacKinnon, Director of Sales and Marketing, discuss the sustainability benefits of mass-timber construction for residential mid-rise.

Laneway and garden suites have been permitted as of right under municipal guidelines, but uptake has been slow to moderate. In this article, our Sales and Marketing Specialist Molly White-Williams chats about barriers to development, and how prefabricated suites can increase housing options in the City of Toronto.

‘Lego-style’ prefabrication could hold the key to fast, affordable, and energy-efficient construction as global governments develop 2030 roadmaps for net-zero infrastructure.

That is, according to Assembly Corp, a Toronto-based builder that this week received a CA $1.25m from a new investment fund, known as the “The Atmospheric Fund,” which is backing mass-timber plug-and-play solutions to supercharge Canada’s net-zero transformation.

A Toronto-area builder of modular, prefabricated mass timber housing has received a major boost in its bid to introduce a “Lego-style” approach to affordable, energy-efficient construction.

Assembly Corp.’s standardized designs integrate passive house principles, geothermal-based heating and cooling, and smart thermostats, reduce climate emissions and construction time by up to 60%, and deliver lower operating costs after occupants move in, The Atmospheric Fund says. In mid-February, TAF announced a C$1.25-million investment in the company, which was known as R-Hauz when it first opened in 2017.

The Atmospheric Fund (TAF) announces a $1,250,000 investment in Assembly Corp., a growing Toronto-based company that creates modular, prefabricated mass timber housing. Read more about why the regional climate agency chose to invest in Assembly for their low-carbon solutions!