BC Wood WORKS! Gala

2009 Gala Event - Monday, March 9, 2009

Wood WORKS! is an initiative of the Canadian Wood Council.  It is our goal to promote the use of wood and wood products in construction projects, and to acknowledge the contribution of wood-use advocates and industry leaders.  The Wood WORKS! annual awards gala exists in British Columbia to honour excellence in wood-based projects, and to recognize the people and organizations that are pioneering and presenting the use of wood in British Columbia.

The Wood WORKS! Awards Gala brings together people from all sectors to honour leadership and innovation in wood use.  The Gala also servers as an excellent opportunity to publicly recognize and encourage continued excellence in the building and design community and in the forestry industry.  This high profile event will showcase the use of wood in design and construction projects commissioned after January 2005, providing politicians, senior dignitaries, architects, engineers and project owners with an opportunity to showcase their projects. 

Awards Design Rationale

Designed to capture both qualities of strength and beauty in wood, the award was created on a base supporting two graceful pillars.  These pillars are emblematic of the wings of tree seedlings.  They also represent the pleasing aesthetics of architecture along with the expanding boundaries of engineering, both reaching for the height of perfection.  Two elliptical shapes in their centres represent the ovules for reproduction,  thus reminding us that wood is a renewable resource.

Midpoint in the base is an insignia in the geographical shape of British Columbia.  Various wood species and engineered wood products are used in the creation of the individual trophies representing the diversity of wood products produced throughout the province.