Gyeonggi Urban Innovation
Corporation (GICO), one of the latest converters to
Canadian wood frame construction, is a provincially owned public enterprise
which engages in land, housing and new city development in Gyeonggi province
where… more
Korea is often recognized for its fast economic growth over the past decades but it is also an unprecedented model example in forest recovery, an achievement which should be actively promoted in the global society.
Self-sufficiency rate of… more
Economy: South Korea, the export dependent country is losing their price competitiveness of export goods especially in automobiles and steel products due to the continued Japanese yen depreciation. The weak yen has led to an average 5%… more
Japanese communities devastated by the 2011 tsunami to benefit from a new library and public market gifted by Canadian wood sector.
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VANCOUVER, BC (May 3rd 2013) – A Japanese community, devastated by the tsunami of March… more
Japan Economy
On April 4th newly minted Bank of Japan Kuroda announced sweeping new changes to expand the scale and scope of monetary easing measures. The quantitative easing measures are projected to nearly double Japan’s monetary base… more
During the “Architecture + Construction Materials Show” at Tokyo Big Sight (March 5-8), BC Wood and COFI Tokyo collaboratively conducted a seminar titled “CLT from Manufacturers’ View Point” at a nearby venue…. more
A joint research group with Waseda University, Sekisui Chemical and Yamasa Lumber planned a unique-looking 5-storey fire-resistive wooden apartment at Shimouma, Setagaya City in Tokyo. The building site is part of the designated… more
The 27th Annual 2×4 Lumber Grading Championship took place on March 15 at NGK Hall in Nagoya. The COFI Award winners were Shinichi Fukushima of Mitsui Home Component Co. Ltd. (Champion), Kazuma Nakashima and Katsuhiro Nojiri both of… more
To emphasize just how fast Japan’s society is greying, recent results from a survey compiled by the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry in Japan, has revealed that as of October 1, 2012 people aged 65 or older surpassed the 30… more
A true sign that we are getting more traction in this market segment, another large wooden elderly care facility, Kanaya Michinokusou Nursing Home began operation on April 1, 2013 in Mutsu City, which is the northernmost city on Honshu,… more
Setting Another Precedent for Wood Frame Fire Resistant Construction
MA Architects and Engineers designed their first wood frame houses in 2010 for the Jukdong Single Family Home Project, which consisted of building 6 detached net-zero… more
2013 is designated as the Year of the Korean War Veteran to mark the 60th anniversary of the Korean War Armistice in which approximately 26,000 Canadians took part and, regrettably, 516 were killed.
Every April, a memorial event is held… more
South Korea’s economy is showing signs of losing its momentum in the face of lingering uncertainty and gloomy market conditions at home and abroad. As a countermeasure, the South Korean government drew up an extra budget worth 17.3… more
Canada Wood and FII co-sponsored a very high-profile technical seminar held in Chengdu April 15-16, followed by a group tour to Beichuan Red Maple Elderly Care Centre. 250 designers, architects, building safety experts and researchers from… more
The International Conference on Green and Energy-efficient Building & New Technologies and Products Expo( IGEBC), also known as the Green Building Show received great support from Chinese government and overseas organizations and… more
Crowne Home’s office GM attended the Canada Wood designer training at Tongji University in Shanghai in March, 2013. From that, she requested that we provide a shortened 3-day version of the training to her office staff.
The weekend… more
During his visit to China, on April 17th, Canada’s International Trade Minister Ed Fast visited Tianjin Jia Yu Industry Trade Co. (also known as the Wu brothers company). Jia Yu is the second largest Chinese importer of Canadian… more
2013 Q1 GDP Report: The Worst of Both Worlds
GDP growth came in below expectations at 7.7 percent (y/y).
The NBS’s data on sources of demand show that most of the weakness in the quarter came from investment. However, private… more
After 5 years, on April 20, 2013, a deadly 7-magnitude earthquake struck Sichuan Province again with the death toll reportedly over 200 and with hundreds of thousands of injuries. It is reported that the whole village of Lushan at the … more
On the Road to Source Next Phase of Reconstruction Projects
With the second round of call for proposals for the Canada Tohoku Reconstruction Project underway, I spent a good chunk of March on the road and beating the bushes in the Tohoku… more
