The prefabricated house industry in Germany is reaching new records
In Germany, the prefabricated house market is booming. The sales volume increased by 7.2% last year. This is not [...]
February 11, 2019
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US$2.4 trillion worth of construction projects to boost UAE’s wood products demand by 2020
The wood industry in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is expected to boom over the next two years as the [...]
January 8, 2019
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Global construction growth likely to have reached its peak in 2018
After ten years of growth (2008-2018), the peak has been reached in the global construction growth cycle: 2018 will [...]
December 17, 2018
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UK will limit the use of cross-laminated timber in construction
The UK government is banning combustible materials on new high-rise homes, revealing that it will limit the use of [...]
December 5, 2018
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Opportunities for hardwood in the European construction sector
The UNECE Committee on Forests and the Forest Industry (COFFI) released their Annual Market Review 2017-2018, together with several [...]
October 22, 2018
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The German wood industry in its fifth consecutive year of growth
The German wood industry is growing for the fifth year in a row. According to Johannes Schwörer, President of [...]
September 4, 2018
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US housing starts at the highest level since 2007
New residential construction in the US reported a significant rise in May, according to data released by the US Commerce [...]
June 26, 2018
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Affordability and supply affect the US housing market
Multi-family housing construction drove the growth in housing starts in March, according to the latest data release by the [...]
May 9, 2018
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China: New national standard to allow more wood to be used in the construction industry
China has released a new design code for timber structure, which encourages industry to expand the use of wood and [...]
January 23, 2018
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Rising US housing starts predicted this year
The newly enacted US tax law will create a more favorable tax climate for the business community, which should spur [...]
January 10, 2018
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