Since 2004 COFI and the Japan 2×4 Home Builders Association jointly received 21 MLIT fireproof approvals. Those approvals have been targeted mainly at fireproof single family homes, where balconies are not eligible for the use as… more
One of the most important demographic group in the Korean population is baby boomers. There are about 7 million baby boomers, born between 1955 and 1963, representing 14% of 50 million total population of South Korea. About half of them… more
CWK and Korea Wood Construction Association work together to promote the use of wood and wood frame construction and to transfer of wood frame construction technology in Korea. One way of achieving the goals is joint seminars and CWK and… more
CWK held a B-to-B seminar on Tall and Large Scale Wood Building on November 12 in Seoul. The seminar, planned in conjunction with FPInnovations Dr. Jieying Wang’s visit to Korea for field inspection of treated wood performance being… more
CWK in collaboration with Green Lab, Chungnam National University and Korea Forest Research Institute (KFRI) conducted a workshop on structural and seismic design for light-frame wood building being on Oct 31 and Nov 1, 2013 at KFRI… more
CWK in collaboration with Canadian Embassy and Korea Institute of Registered Architects held a WFC Symposium to introduce Canadian forest industry and Wood Frame Construction Standard Detail book at COEX on October 26th during the… more
Economy:
South Korea’s on-year economic growth in 2013 recorded 2.8% owing to solid growth in exports, continued rising in private spending and big rebound of construction investment. South Korea logged a record-high trade surplus… more
Michael Green gave three architect outreach seminars in early November in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou in China.
The seminars were organized jointly by Canada Wood and FII, and were also strongly supported by China Architecture Design… more
On November 20th Canada Wood was invited to present on Canadian strategies and tactics to expand wood markets at the University of Tokyo’s Timber Engineering Forum. A total of 78 leading wooden structural engineers from academia,… more
As reported in an August blog, Canada Wood continues to provide Quality Support services to developer/builder Changzhou Beimei on hotel and mall projects in Yinkou, Liaoning Changzhou Beimei in Yingkou, Liaoning province. The Hotel… more
A seminar for designers was held October 28th in the mountain city of Chongqing. The venue is arguably one of the most attractive glulam buildings in China. The large impressive clubhouse, built by the same company that built the Hebei… more
Economy
The Third Plenum of a new Chinese Leadership ‘s mandate is the one at which the government’s economic and political agenda is normally presented. The plenum took place in mid-November and for this month’s report, we present… more
Economic Update: Almost A Year On, Are Abenomics Working?
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe returned the LDP to power in December 2012 based a on a platform of revitalizing the Japanese economy and ending a two decade long deflationary spiral…. more
At the Canada-Japan-US JAS Technical Committee (JTC) meeting held at Vancouver Convention Centre on September 23rd, 2013, an issue was raised on the lack of species group recognition in the CLT JAS standard. Ciprian Pirvu of… more
Since several developments for accepting CLT in Japanese codes & standard were reported previously (https://canadawood.org/?author=4), there has been some new progress. In the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF),… more
The JAS revision committee for dimension lumber started to prepare a new standard similar to the SPS4 “Special Products Standard for Finger Jointed Machine Graded Lumber” published by the NLGA. The draft work started from a… more
On November 15th, COFI Japan’s Shawn Lawlor and Kevin Bews visited a new project under construction in Yamanashi Prefecture by Heart Builder, a medium size construction company based in Tokyo. The project is a two-storey 780 m² post and… more
Written by Gordon Hamilton Mon Nov 25, 2013
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Tai Jeong, director of Canada Wood Korea: “we face an uneven… more
Canada Wood Korea has successfully completed the University-based training program with college of Architectural Studies of Keimyung University in Daegu. This year, KMU named this program ‘2013 Wood Frame Construction Festival’… more
CWK jointly with the Korea Institute of Registered Architects (KIRA) provided a special 2-day training session as a continuing education for the member architects of KIRA on October 23 and 24, 2013.
Over 300 registered architects gained… more
