Wood construction
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China recognized wood framing in new standard
Wood Frame Construction Technology (WFC) has officially been recognized for the first time by China’s Green Building Evaluation Standard as a viable solution for the country’s green building credit rating. This is another milestone for WFC in China on the government regulations front after a series of prefabrication policies favorable to wood has been published in the past few years. The newly revised standard, printed in May and scheduled to be implemented in August 2019, includes WFC as one of the three building solutions along with concrete and steel systems. It also awards credits to wood frame solutions for being an innovative construction technology. The new standard also introduces the entry Certified Level, making it aligned with the LEED certification system and offering more accessible eligibility. This also means that green building standard is likely to be... Continue reading
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June 19, 2019
Swedish wood construction takes centre stage at the UN’s global conference
Swedish wood construction was a key point on the agenda at the first UN-Habitat Assembly, which focused on innovations in sustainable development and was held in Nairobi, Kenya, on 27-31 May. A seminar on Tuesday stressed the global importance of beginning to ‘grow our cities’. “There’s a huge need globally to transition to sustainable cities, and Sweden’s knowledge of modern wood construction, combined with sustainable forestry, can drive this transformation. The Swedish forest and wood industry offers technical, economic and sustainable solution for future cities,” stated Jörgen Hermansson, head of Södra Building Systems, who represented Swedish Wood in Nairobi. The theme of this year’s Assembly was Agenda 2030, which fits in well with UN-Habitat’s ambition ‘For a better urban future’. According to the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change... Continue reading
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February 23, 2016
Japan's Sumitomo Forestry bought out American house builder
Sumitomo Forestry Co., Ltd. (Tokyo) announced that it bought 60% of share of DRB Enterprises, which owns Dan Ryan Builders (DRB) group in Maryland. DRB is a major house builder on the East Coast and South of the United States. Purchase amount is about 10 billion yen (US$ 90 million). New housing starts in Japan will continue declining by dropping birth rate and aging of the population so Sumitomo Forestry has been developing housing business in foreign countries and by capital participation to the DRB, it intends to be one of top builders in the States. DRB is middle class builder to sell units built for sale in six states of Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and others with annual sales of 1,248 units or 295 million dollars in 2014 and is ranked as 35th in the States. Employees are 299. Sumitomo Forestry has been developing housing business through Henry U.S.A. group, Gehan Homes... Continue reading
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February 23, 2016
Japan's Sumitomo Forestry bought out American house builder
Sumitomo Forestry Co., Ltd. (Tokyo) announced that it bought 60% of share of DRB Enterprises, which owns Dan Ryan Builders (DRB) group in Maryland. DRB is a major house builder on the East Coast and South of the United States. Purchase amount is about 10 billion yen (US$ 90 million). New housing starts in Japan will continue declining by dropping birth rate and aging of the population so Sumitomo Forestry has been developing housing business in foreign countries and by capital participation to the DRB, it intends to be one of top builders in the States. DRB is middle class builder to sell units built for sale in six states of Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and others with annual sales of 1,248 units or 295 million dollars in 2014 and is ranked as 35th in the States. Employees are 299. Sumitomo Forestry has been developing housing business through Henry U.S.A. group, Gehan Homes... Continue reading
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June 5, 2017
Russia shows interest in Swedish wood for its construction industry
Russia’s major architectural fair ARCH Moscow turned to Sweden, even though the East European country has substantial access to forest raw material, making it an important player in the forest industry. ... Continue reading
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June 26, 2019
China recognized wood framing in new standard
Wood Frame Construction Technology (WFC) has officially been recognized for the first time by China’s Green Building Evaluation Standard as a viable solution for the country’s green building credit rating. This is another milestone for WFC in China on the government regulations front after a series of prefabrication policies favorable to wood has been published in the past few years. The newly revised standard, printed in May and scheduled to be implemented in August 2019, includes WFC as one of the three building solutions along with concrete and steel systems. It also awards credits to wood frame solutions for being an innovative construction technology. The new standard also introduces the entry Certified Level, making it aligned with the LEED certification system and offering more accessible eligibility. This also means that green building standard is likely to be... Continue reading
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June 26, 2019
China recognized wood framing in new standard
Wood Frame Construction Technology (WFC) has officially been recognized for the first time by China’s Green Building Evaluation Standard as a viable solution for the country’s green building credit rating. This is another milestone for WFC in China on the government regulations front after a series of prefabrication policies favorable to wood has been published in the past few years. The newly revised standard, printed in May and scheduled to be implemented in August 2019, includes WFC as one of the three building solutions along with concrete and steel systems. It also awards credits to wood frame solutions for being an innovative construction technology. The new standard also introduces the entry Certified Level, making it aligned with the LEED certification system and offering more accessible eligibility. This also means that green building standard is likely to be... Continue reading