Have you heard of Rob Sianchuk's work ? He is a Wood Science Master’s student at UBC who's doing a lot of work on LCA. It is very encouraging that he has also created a civil engineering course that he's teaching at UBC:
Whole Building Life Cycle Assessment (CIVL 498C)
http://www.sustain.ubc.ca/teaching-learning/featured-content/civl-498c-north-america%E2%80%99s-largest-building-environmental-impact-s
http://www.civil.ubc.ca/video/index.php