Coming in at just under 40 participants, Canada Wood hosted the largest BC MFLNRO and industry leader’s mission to date. The mission was held on November 16th and 17th. On day one mission attendees participated in a Japan strategy… more
Yamanishi, is a lumber and component company that operates in and around Aichi Prefecture where its head office is located, Nagoya City. The company is now constructing a new office building for its Yatomi Home Component Division in Yatomi… more
The 2nd Chinese University Timber Structure Design Competition Award Ceremony was held in Nanjing Tech University (NTU) on November 19th, 2017. This year the theme of competition is – design a wood-frame natatorium (a building containing… more
B.C. Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development Minister Doug Donaldson led a B.C.’s largest-ever forest sector mission to China from November 12th to 15th. There were over 40 delegates from more than 20 B.C…. more
Harvey Enchin, an editorial pages editor of The Vancouver Sun, visited Canada Wood Korea office on November 10th and had an interview with Tai Jeong to know to know the role of Canada Wood Group and wood market opportunity in Korea.
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Korea used to be considered as safe from earthquakes, however, an earthquake with the magnitude of 5.8 in Richter scale, the strongest one since the measurements of seismic activities began in 1978 in Korea, occurred in September 2016 and… more
Sept 15, 2017: Canada Wood Korea (CWK) held a B-to-B seminar for 26 professors, architects, engineers and builders in Yeongnam region including the South and North Gyeongsang Provinces, Busan, Daegu and Ulsan cities for promotion of use of… more
Canada Wood Korea (CWK) participated in the 2017 Busan Kyunghyang Housing Fair from September 14 to September 17, 2017. In conjunction with the participation in the Housing Fair, CWK held a “Green Building Seminar”, a wood-frame… more
On September 11th and 12th, Canada Wood Korea in collaboration with five universities in Busan conducted a two-day workshop at Pukyong National University located in downtown Busan to introduce eighty-five architecture and design students… more
2017Q3 highlights[i]:
GDP growth in Q3 is 6.8% (YOY), maintaining strong growth between 6.7% to 6.9% consecutively for 9 months.
Consumption is 64.5% of GDP, increased by 2.8% compared to 2016.
Fixed-asset investment in Q1-3 is 45,847.8… more
We now have a new “2×4 Promotional Banner” thanks to a forward-thinking company named Panel House, located in Koichi City, Shikoku Japan. COFI Tokyo staff was contacted by the company two months ago, wanting to add an… more
In addition to Midply-related technical projects undertaken for PFC applications, Canada Wood Japan is conducting shear wall tests for Midply infill wall systems for post and beam applications. This is the part of a joint COFI-APA-CFPA… more
When designers take the prescriptive design approach for wooden buildings, shear wall multipliers are the indicator that are popularly used to determine the seismic load resistance. In the PFC building code, a shear wall multiplier 3.5… more
In 2016, China’s commercial timber trade volume (including logs and sawn lumber) is about 160 million m3, of which 93 million m3 or 58% is imported representing an increase of 13.5% year-on-year (YOY).
The volume of China sawn lumber… more
On October 12th the Japan 2×4 Home Builders Association held a major symposium on “The results of technical test program work on the 6 storey 2×4 demonstration project in Tsukuba”. The symposium venue was filled to capacity… more
The Alberta Pavilion was constructed in 2015 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Gangwon-Alberta sister province relationship, and to serve as a landmark for upcoming 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, Gangwon… more
Two timber structures in Dankook University are capturing everyone’s attention. One of them is a light-weight wood frame construction and the other, a heavy timber construction.
The Department of Architectural Studies at Dankook… more
The Korea Wood Construction Association (KWCA) and Canada Wood Korea (CWK) have successfully conducted a joint seminar, which was attended by more than 110 professionals including architects, designers, engineers and builders on August 25,… more
The two-hour fire resistive performance of a wood frame construction (WFC) was proven for the first time in South Korea. The National Institute of Forest Science (NIFoS), formerly known as KFRI, tested five different main structural… more
Economy
South Korea’s economic growth hit a seven-year record high in the third quarter of 2017 mainly due to increased construction investment and exports.
South Korea’s gross domestic product in the third quarter increased 1.4% from… more
