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Japan’s First CLT Plant
Meiken Industry, out of Okayama prefecture in Japan, has announced plans to acquire 40,000 square metres of property by it’s lamina joint plant and distribution warehouse, to build a cross-laminated timber manufacturin plant, according to Japan Lumber Reports Friday. Planned production for the facility is 50,000 cubic metres annually. A Maniwa biomass power plant using…
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Wood Innovation Centre Opens
The Wood Innovation and Design Centre at the University of Northern British Columbia in Prince George, BC, one of the tallest contemporary wood buildings in North America, officially opened last Friday. Construction of the 29.5-metre, six-storey high Centre began in 2013, said a Ministry of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training press release. The Centre will…
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Wooden Skyscrapers
The Oregon Zoo in Portland, home to the World Forestry Center, expects to install that state’s first building using cross laminated timber (CLT) this month, according to the Portland Tribune Thursday. As well, US home builder DR Johnson is reportedly building one of America’s first CLT production facilities in Riddle, OR. Cross Laminated Timber Madison’s…
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Wooden Health Facility, Belgium
A new nursing facility complex in Belgium, at 7,000 square metres the largest in the country, will be build using lumber from Japan’s Nice Lumber, according to Japan Lumber Reports Friday. The four-storey wooden building will have 50 rooms for the nursing home and 16 units for rental. The project is expected to use 890…
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Mass Timber Building
Following the success of Australia’s tallest fully timber residential tower, the Forté apartment complex in Melbourne’s Docklands by Lend Lease last year, comes that nation’s tallest timber commercial building. To be located on Sussex Street in Sydney’s central business district, the seven storey building is designed by Fitzpatrick + Partners and delivered by Lend Lease.…
