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123 West Design Collective is an architecture and design studio creating sustainable, community-driven solutions across the Pacific Northwest. We integrate art, engineering, and graphic design to build projects that reflect local culture, support circular economies, and inspire innovation in housing, placemaking, and adaptive-reuse projects.

Engaging multimedia content that explains complex technical and scientific topics to a general audience.

Economic development support

Cambium connects underutilized and historically wasted wood to regional manufacturers and creates markets for Carbon Smart Mass Timber, millwork, furniture, and lumber. We support sustainable supply chains, value-added fabrication, and circular economy solutions, helping builders and businesses access high-quality, environmentally responsible wood while reducing waste and creating local economic impact.

CannonDesign is one of the leading Architecture firms in North America, known for innovative healthcare, educational, hospitality, and commercial projects. For us, mass timber is the only scalable low carbon pathway to structural solutions for our buildings.

Research and education regarding mass timber products and construction, life cycle analysis, timber supply, policy and regulation, wood products trade, international markets.

Land Use Policy development, Community Development Grants, and Technical Assistance.

At CWP, we are driven to lead and help reach community-driven goals. Our team is focused on building a workforce system that promotes innovation, responsiveness, and transparency.

Economic Development Services and research studies to spur innovation and growth in the forest product industry.

CRTC manufactures CLT in Port Angeles, WA, using thermally modified western hemlock, an underutilized species in coastal OR and WA. Our supply chain sources lumber from the Makah Tribe. We are designing and providing single family homes as well as rapidly deployable military housing/disaster-relief structures.

Conifer Advising partners with a diverse clientele, including government agencies, institutions, developers, design teams, and manufacturers, to overcome the critical barriers to mass timber adoption. The firm’s services are rooted in deep industry knowledge and critical thinking, providing expert guidance to streamline projects, reduce risk, and eliminate costly re-work. This advisory work encompasses providing strategic design and pre-construction feedback, facilitating key industry connections, conducting in-depth market analysis, mass timber and prefab product development, and transforming traditional, bespoke project delivery models into productized, highly efficient building systems.

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At FBN, we help forest product businesses grow and prosper. Period. Our company is built on decades of experience in the industry and our passion for helping others create successful forest product businesses is second to none. FBN helps produce the following: Forest Industry News, International Mass Timber Conference, International Mass Timber State of the Industry Report

Freres is the manufacturer of Mass Ply Panels and Mass Ply Lams, which are innovative veneer-based cross laminated timber products. We can produce all structural wood elements to a project that are equivalent to or exceed the performance of glu-laminated timber or cross laminated timber.

Student leadership and workforce development in high school programs.

We have been a specialist producer of consumable components used in woodworking machinery from around the world. These include CNC vacuum pods, foam sealing plates and track pads for edgebanders, tenoners and combination machines.

KPFF exists to engineer opportunities that have a positive impact on people, places, and the planet.

Architectural design - Conceptual planning through Construction Administration for a wide range of architectural typologies and uses.

Lane County is Oregon's fourth most populated county with the state's largest concentration of employment in the wood products industry with 5,800 jobs, it is the county's largest manufacturing sector.

Lane Workforce Partnership is a nonprofit and one of Oregon's nine local workforce development boards. As the designated loval workforce development board for Lane County, Oregon, LWP invests in programs that empower job seekers and meet the workforce needs of local employers through a network of partners, including employers, labor groups, government, educational institutions, community-based organization, and economic development.

The goal of liniar studio is to provide high quality acoustic design services to the AEC industry, including design guidance and engineering solutions, with a more process-focused and integrative approach than traditional acoustic consulting models by leveraging critical thinking, design thinking, human interaction, and dialog in a design process.

Log & Timber Connections is a distributor of Eurotec structural wood screws (partial thread & full thread), as well as connectors and other products to support the Mass Timber Market.

We offer custom and standardized modular buildings that incorporate Mass Plywood Panels into our manufacturing process to increase strength, lower cost, and add the beauty of exposed wood to our finished buildings.

Architecture, Planning, Urban Design, Landscape Architecture, Interior Design

Our mission is to revitalize the forest products industy on the North Olumpic Peninsula.

Timber Component fabrication including design, design assist, modeling, engineering, shop drawings, fabrication and installation of timber structures.

Women-owned social enterprise to advance two-way international education, trade and sustainable development programs, projects and partnerships between the Pacific Northwest and SE Asia.

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Together we transform generosity into exponential impact. Our mission is to improve the lives of all Oregonians through the power of philantrophy. As a statewife community foundation we work alongside donots, stewarding their priorities into strategic giving to support diverse communities across Oregon, creating last, transformative change.

ODF acts as the state's wildland fire suppression agency, regulates private forestland, and manages the state forests for public benefit. ODF supports and invests in the development of a robust mass timber ecosystem in Oregon and beyond.

The College of Forestry's Forest, Engineering, Resources, and Management department strives to support resilient, sustainable forests by advancing knowledge and science related to forest management, engineering, biometrics, hydrology, forest health and siviculture. The department's teaching and research emphasize all aspects of active forest management and restoration from regeneration through harvest for multiple land use objectives. The program's academic curricula cover topics ranging from public land use policy to forest product supply chain efficiency, including wood production.

Oregon iSector is a nonprofit organization advancing systems-level innovation in housing, infrastructure, and economic development. As a Policy Engagement Partner to the Pacific Northwest Mass Timber Tech Hub, iSector convenes public, private, and civic leaders to identify and align policy, investment, and regulatory strategies to strengthen and scale the regional mass timber industry.

We're a global collective of designers and changemakers. We aspire to create places where humanity thrives in harmony with nature. Our future depends on it. Our work is driven by curiosity, powered by research and technology, and fueled by grit and ingenuity. We strive to make a positive differen every day. To do the right thing and seek out ways to be even better.

We supply primarily Douglas-fir logs to regional sawmills from our company lands, offer forest management services to other private landowners, and provide environmental and forestry education opportunities to audiences ranging from elementary school learners to AEC professionals.

Youth career exploration and early workforce development in the Portland metro region. We organize the annual NW Youth Careers Expo serving Oregon and SW Washington will be held Tuesday, March 17, 2026, at the Oregon Convention Center; PWA Expo Breakfast prior. We also staff the ACE Mentor Program of Oregon, which serves 150 students annually in architecture, construction and engineering.

Prosper Portland is the economic and urban development agency for the City of Portland.  We offer a comprehensive range of economic development programs that support businesses with grants, loans and technical assistance and work with partners to facilitate real estate development in strategic areas of the city.

Sauter Timber is a full-service mass timber fabrication specialist based in Estacada, Oregon, originally founded in 2002. The company integrates European joinery traditions with advanced CNC machining to deliver precision-engineered mass timber component, including glue-laminated timber (glulam) and cross-laminated timber (CLT), for residential and commercial construction projects throughout North America and beyond.

We have a dedicated Green Cities industry liaison who works with companies and partners in green building and clean technology. This liaison promotes the industry, works with partners on industry initiatives, and facilitates support for local companies in the industry.

Skanska is a construction and project development company with worldwide scale. Skanska is recognized for delivering complex, high-performance buildings and infrastructure that drive sustainability and community value. With operations across the United State and around the globe, Skanska provides a full range of services including construction management, general contracting, sustainability consulting, civil and horizontal construction, and develops their own construction projects. The company's portfolio spans healthcare, education, commercial, transportation, life sciences, aviation, energy, and civic projects.

The Southwest Oregon Workforce Investment Board is a nonprofit organization serving Coos, Curry, and Douglas Counties. We make collaborative, innovative, and effective investments of private and public resources to improves regional workforce skills, expand access to family-sustaining job opportunities, and enhance adaptability in a changing employment landscape.

Sustainable Northwest partners with communities throughout the Northwest on projects that promote smart water use, clean energy, and healthy forests, farms, and ranches.

Swinerton is known for successfully building some of the country's most innovative mass timber projects. Our clients benefit from our deep pool of experience and valuable solutions that reduce operating costs for high-performance and net-zero buildings. With the number of mass timber projects expected to double every two years, Swinerton has assembled an unparalleled network of knowledge and resources that is sought out by clients and design teams across the nation.

Talking Forests is a leading voice in mass timber consulting, specializing in sustainable forestry communications and innovative wood product solutions. With deep expertise in storytelling, Talking Forests bridges the gap between forest management, mass timber industries, and the public. The consultancy empowers clients with strategic outreach, project support, and industry insights to promote resilient, low-carbon building practices and sustainable forest product use.

The Beck Group is a Portland, Oregon–based forest products planning and consulting firm specializing in sawmill, biomass, and mass timber industries. Founded in 1981, the firm provides strategic, technical, and financial expertise to help clients develop, expand, and optimize forest-sector businesses. Beck’s services include feasibility studies, business plans, market analysis, operations benchmarking, and project development support across North America and internationally.

I offer strategic business communications support including identifying key areas for growth, create marketing and communication campaigns, and work with teams to ensure that activity and outcomes are tracked.

Mass timber coatings , consulting on wood protection, color matching and custom color development

Vertically integrated mass timber organization offering services from wood sourcing to fabrication to on-site assembly and installation.

Housing policy, finance, and development advisory services for non-profits and local governments.

Unbrick USA brings cutting-edge Dutch innovation to the U.S. with next-generation, factory-built CLT housing that is sustainable, durable, and energy-independent. Our homes and process offer a resilient long-term solution to the housing crisis, making homeownership attainable for middle-income buyers while delivering lasting generational value.

OUR MISSON - Uptic Studios is a multidisciplinary architecture and design firm dedicated to bringing purpose driven design to our clients through our design products, integrated team approach and product delivery system. We bring the steak and the sizzle. OUR VISION - Uptic Studios elevates the human experience and strives to leave our world a better place than we found it. Beyond the craft, we C.A.R.E. more! C.A.R.E. We are Connected, Altrustic, Reasonable humans, and Excellent designers. OUR SERVICES - Architecture, Interior Design, Graphic Design, Procurement.

The mission of Vaagen Timber is to be the best producer of cross laminated and glue laminated timber in North America. Using an eco-friendly and integrated approach, we aim to develop and deliver beautiful, strong, and verstatile wood products that our customers can be proud of.

Western Forest Products manufactures glued laminated timber (glulam) for structural and architectural applications across North America. Our engineered division produces stock and custom glulam beams, columns, and trusses that combine strength, precision, and the natural beauty of wood. With expertise in straight, cambered, and curved members, as well as round columns and specialty shapes, we supply high-performance timber components that meet the demands of modern mass timber and hybrid construction.

Willamette Workforce Partnership is a Workforce Development Board committed to building a thriving workforce in Oregon's Mid-Willamette Valley. WWP is a private, non-profit governed by a board of directors, and supports a cross-sector of employers in creating sustainable, prosperous, and inclusive communities while supporting job seekers to build skills that help them achieve their employment, education and professional development goals.

Workforce Southwest Washington is a local Workforce Development Board designated by the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) legislation as the policy, planning, and oversight body for the public workforce system in Clark, Cowlitz, and Wahkiakum counties.

Worksystems Inc. is a non-profit organization that improves the quality of the workforce in the City of Portland, Multnomah, and Washington counties. Our partners include employers, labor groups, government, community colleges, high schools, community-based and economic development organizations.