Speaking in Washington, Lou Jiwei thought growth for 2013 as a whole would be 7%, but said that even this may not be the “bottom line”. That figure is below Beijing’s official 7.5% target, and below most economists’… more
Economic Update: The South Korean economy grew slower than earlier forecast in the first quarter of 2013 as consumer spending remained subdued and export growth slowed amid the yen’s slide to the won.
South Korea’s real gross… more
As reported earlier in this blog (https://canadawood.org/?author=4&paged=2), the Japanese domestic lumber industry is requesting for the JAS dimension lumber standard (JAS600) to include Sugi in the SPF species group. The addition of… more
Concurrent with a reversal in the depreciation of the yen, June saw Japan’s Nikkei stock exchange correct from the mid 14,000’s to the high 12,000 range. However, certain sectors are demonstrating signs of renewed activity. Exports… more
On May 4th Canada Wood celebrated the opening of the Yuriage Public Market Project in Natori, Miyagi. Yuriage was the second project completed under the Canada Tohoku Reconstruction Project. Restoration of the popular public market… more
Economic activity in China appears to have slowed further during the month of May, although the moderation in growth continues to occur at a gradual pace – keeping concerns of a hard-landing at bay. Nevertheless, hopes of a meaningful… more
Mr. Dan Wilkinson, Executive Director, Forest Industry Development Branch and his colleague Mr. Gordon Giles, Section Manager, Forest Industry Sustainability Section – representing the Government of Alberta visited Japan the week of… more
Last week I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Kitamura, owner and architect of a firm based in Nagano Prefecture, which specializes in designing care facilities in the region. It was just another typical “2×4 Elderly Project Seminar… more
Roof trusses built in Nanjing, China are making a 2000 km, four-day journey, by truck to western Mongolia. BC’s Forestry Innovation Investment (FII) has partnered with the Mongolian Ministry of Construction to build two Soum Centre… more
China’s Fire Code
An important and significant initiative for Canada Wood over the last 8 years has been collaboration on the national fire code with relevant Chinese authorities. China’s fire code GB50016 sets out the… more
CAN-KOR Wood Design Competition-Best 5 (CAN-KOR WDC) is a special wood design award program developed by Canada Wood Korea in collaboration with the Embassy of Canada as one of the concurrent events of CELEBRATION2013… more
The Korea Forest Research Institute (KFRI) announced an open design competition to build a new Forest Genetic Resources Research Centre to replace the old one in Suwon City, Gyeonggi Province in March 2013. This new research centre will… more
Kwangjang, who has played very important role in expanding wood frame construction market by popularizing wood frame duplexes (or Peanut House) in Korea, is proving themselves as the pioneer of wood construction again. Having already… more
The Aomori Social Welfare Corporation is at present constructing its second 2×4 fireproof project, a medical care complex to compliment and support its other senior care facilities in the area. The project called the Michinokusou… more
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) housing statistics at the end of April showed that Platform frame share reached a new all-time high of 12.4% of the total housing starts in Japan since this construction… more
Subsequent to full scale fire tests for wooden school building in February and November 2012, the third test is being planned between July and September of this year. These tests are fully paid for by the Japanese government in view… more
As a result of US-Japan Market-Oriented Sector-Selective (MOSS) talks that started in 1985, trilateral Building Expert Committee (BEC) and JAS Technical Committee (JTC) meetings have been held every year since 1990. From the first… more
Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture in Guizhou province in southwest China is a mountainous region with a tradition of using wood as a main building material to build traditional post and beam structures. However, these… more
Crown Homes is in the process of setting up their own internal training program to create a team of specialists in wood frame construction. Their goal is to have an internal training program that will produce wood frame construction… more
The first wood kindergarten in China is currently under construction in Wuhan, developed by Greenland. Greenland
was also the developer for the Xiang’e school in Dujiangyan after the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, its first venture into WFC…. more
