Restore the timber. Keep the story
We survey, repair, reinforce, and, only where we must, replace heavy timber structures and bridges, extending service life by decades while keeping as much original material as the structure safely allows.
Two decades of Canadian timber restoration
TRS has been operating in Canada since 2005. Our Canadian team, led by General Manager Marc Cote, P.Eng., has completed timber restoration and construction projects in Ontario, British Columbia, Nova Scotia, and beyond.
Our Canadian team brings decades of combined project-management experience across engineering, industrial, and infrastructure sectors, with deep specialization in Canadian wood structure construction and restoration. Canadian timber infrastructure deserves the same standard of restoration as the craftsmanship that built it.
Our Canadian operations understand
- National Building Code of Canada requirements for timber bridges and structures
- Provincial ministry procurement including BC FLNRORD and the Ontario Ministry of Transportation
- First Nations consultation and band council project requirements
- Canadian heritage designation frameworks, including Heritage Ontario and provincial equivalents
- CSA timber standards applicable to new build and restoration projects
What TRS delivers for Canadian projects
Canada holds an extraordinary inventory of heritage and working timber structures, rail bridges, fire towers, community arenas, and municipal walkways, much of it aging and subject to provincial heritage review that makes thoughtful restoration the right path, not replacement.
Municipal & heritage timber bridges
Aging municipal and former-rail timber bridges across Canada are prime restoration candidates, repaired and reinforced in place to keep the historic fabric while restoring full load capacity to current codes.
Heritage-designated structures
Structures under Heritage Ontario and provincial heritage frameworks require material authenticity. Our in-place repair approach satisfies heritage-body requirements while restoring structural performance.
Arenas & recreation centres
Timber-framed arenas and community recreation centres across Canada are restored to extend service life and keep beloved community venues open for decades to come.
First Nations community infrastructure
Community buildings and recreation facilities on First Nations land are assessed and restored, with a team experienced in band council consultation and procurement requirements.
Arena & recreation centre restoration
Timber-framed arenas, community halls, and recreation centres are a fixture of Canadian municipal infrastructure. We restore failing timber elements, arches, glulam rafters, roof trusses, without the disruption and cost of full structural replacement.
Timber restoration projects completed across Canada
Heritage Walkway Bridge
Client: Municipality of West Grey
A 75.3-metre former Canadian Pacific Railway bridge restored to current codes and heritage requirements, crossing the river above the dam falls. Our EPHOD® diagnostics revealed internal pile decay that changed the engineering specification, preventing an under-specified repair from failing prematurely.
Roger Bacon Bridge
Client: NS Dept. of Transportation & Infrastructure Renewal
A replacement for a 48-year-old failed steel arch bridge in Canada’s highest corrosion exposure zone. The new 39-metre three-pinned glulam timber arch was fabricated in our Jefferson, Oregon facility, shipped to Nova Scotia in 25 loads, and installed using a 500-tonne crane.
Why Canadian municipal engineers and councils choose TRS
The only ISO 9001-certified timber repair firm in the world
Every Canadian project is governed by our documented quality management system, inspectable, auditable, and defensible for municipal procurement requirements.
EPHOD® diagnostic technology
Our proprietary EPHOD® system detects internal timber decay that visual inspections miss. For aging Canadian bridge and building stock, it has repeatedly caught deterioration that would have caused premature failure or badly under-specified repairs.
Canadian team, Canadian projects
Our Canadian general manager and project teams are based in Canada. We understand Canadian procurement, Canadian codes, and the freeze-thaw cycles, wet climates, and northern exposure that affect timber performance here.
Manufactured in Canada
TRS manufactures at its own ISO 9001-certified facilities in Cranbrook, British Columbia and Hillsborough, New Brunswick, operating since 2015. Structures for Canadian projects are manufactured in Canada, from advanced fibre-reinforced engineered wood products to pre-machined, pre-assembled bridges and buildings.
Specified to the standards your engineers already work to
Our Canadian work is designed to CSA S6 (the Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code) and CSA O86 for wood, within the NBCC, documented for provincial Ministries of Transportation, DFO, and municipal public-works departments, with Indigenous consultation built into the process, particularly in BC. TRS manufactures in Canada at its own ISO 9001-certified facilities in Cranbrook, British Columbia and Hillsborough, New Brunswick (operating since 2015), so Canadian projects are manufactured in Canada.
Marc Cote
Suite 202 – 1113 Baker Street
Cranbrook, BC V1C 1A7