Trade Mission Visits Shanghai

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SHANGHAI, CHINA - The B.C. forestry trade mission visited the future construction site of three buildings that will feature wood-frame construction, located at the heart of what will become the largest affordable housing community in Shanghai.

In November of last year, the City of Shanghai endorsed the use of wood-frame construction for its affordable housing projects. Construction of the administration building, cultural centre and service building for the Sanlin Affordable Housing Project will start in early 2011.

"This is an exciting opportunity," said B.C. Minister of Forests, Mines and Lands Pat Bell. "The three public building will be the most frequently used structures in the entire community. This will allow us to extend awareness of wood's many benefits beyond developers and
government officials to an even broader audience - the Chinese families who will make the community of Sanlin their home."

The community's administration building (6,915 square metres) and the cultural building (3,360 square metres) will be hybrid structures. They will have a concrete first floor topped with three storeys made entirely from wood. A four-storey design is common throughout China for mixed-use buildings. The use of wood on the top three floors is an innovation that is of particular interest to commercial developers.

The service building (10,700 square metres) will be a concrete structure with wood infill partition walls, which form the walls of the rooms inside the concrete exterior shell.

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