Canadian mission delegates visited the Matechstone Rugao plant, China’s first commercial trial combining precast concrete frame structure and a hung wall wood infill system applied in its office building.
Doug Donaldson, British… more
The Fifth Sino-Canadian Wood Forum, with the theme of Wood in Future Buildings and Manufacturing, organized by Canada Wood China, was held at Shanghai Hongqiao Marriott Hotel on November 11. Doug Donaldson, British Columbia (B.C.) Minister… more
The Elegant Demonstration of Modern Structure Construction — Achieving High-End Wood Structure Construction Seminar was held in Chongqing on October 29. The seminar inspired developers in Chongqing and also in other areas in China，… more
China’s Gross domestic product (GDP) rose just 6.0% year-on-year in Q3 2019, marking a further loss of momentum for the economy from the second quarter’s 6.2% growth. China’s third-quarter economic growth slowed more than expected… more
As a sign of a changing era, on September 3, 2019, a 5-story building “Hotel Discover Kyoto Nagaoka” opened on the doorstep of Japan’s famous old capital Kyoto. As we know in North America it is quite common to see 3-stories… more
Hidehiko Fumoto of the BC Council of Forest Industries (COFI) was honoured on October 12 with the Housing Bureau Director General Award from Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) for contributions to the Japanese… more
Japan Housing Starts Summary for June 2019
Total housing starts for June posted a small 0.2% increase to finish at 81,451 units. While owner occupied housing continued its 9th consecutive monthly gain, rental housing fell for the… more
Canada Wood promoted Midply shearwall systems to thousands of visitors at the 2019 Busan Kyunghyang Housing Fair, one of the key building and housing product fairs in Korea.
Midply is a high capacity shearwall system developed by… more
Dan Danagher, Canada’s Assistant Deputy Minister of Global Affairs, visited Canada Village in Gapyeong-gun, Gyeonggi-do as part of his tour of new sustainable buildings built with wood in Korea. Kwang Hoon Lee, CEO of Dreamsite… more
Three wood-frame houses in Korea passed the pre-drywall blower door tests and scored 0.35 ACH50, 0.57 ACH50 and 0.61 ACH50. A passing air tightness score means these projects are on their way to being certified Super-E® House… more
Students majoring in architecture attended the Canada-Korea Wood Festival and the Busan BEXCO Outdoor Exhibition, held at Pukyong National University in Busan this October, as part of the university-based training program to promote the… more
A special report by UN classifying climate change as urgent has caught the attention of Korea’s largest public TV broadcaster, Korea Broadcasting System (KBS.) KBS televised an hour-long documentary, The Secret of 1.5°C, Wood Buildings,… more
Canada Wood Korea, in collaboration with USG Boral Korea, one of the largest plasterboard manufactures in Korea, has successfully extended the accreditation of one-hour fire-rated wood-frame assemblies, including one floor/ceiling, one… more
Canada Wood’s Architect Inspector and Intensive Super-E® training programs have seen some of their outstanding graduates leading the development of the wood building industry in Korea. Recently, graduates Mr. Han-joon Jo, Ms. Kyung-hwa… more
On September 20th and 21st NRCan Director, Jeff Biggs visited the Osaka region with Canada Wood’s Shawn Lawlor to learn further about market opportunities for non-residential wooden construction. Pictured above, we visited the Osaka… more
COFI received a unique request from a former seminar participant attending a 2×4 non-residential seminar in Kobe on November 10, 2017. The request was to show a group of 16 architects 2×4 sites in Hokkaido. The group, including… more
We understand that North American building codes do not require any special evaluation procedures such as “alternative solutions” when a designer wishes to use NLT as a structural member. In Japan, this is partially true, but the… more
On September 19th and 20th Canada held trilateral talks with the US Embassy and industry associations and Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forests & Fisheries (MAFF), the Forestry Agency and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure,… more
The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (MOHURD) released a Public Notice on Technical Standard for Nearly Zero Energy Buildings on January 24, 2019. The national standard (GB/T51350–2019) will come into force on September 1,… more
Hubei Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (MOHURD), Hubei Building Energy Efficiency Association, and key provincial building research institutes recently paid a joint visit to Canada Wood’s Shanghai office to learn about… more
