Building With Wood In China

Saturday, November 06, 2010 04:17 PM

Pat Bell at groundbreaking ceremony in Chengdu photo courtesy BC Government

Prince George, B.C. - B.C. Forests Minister Pat Bell's visit to China featured a ground-breaking ceremony today for the construction of a three-storey, wood-frame building with retail shops on the ground floor and an elementary school on the upper two floors.

The 800 m²"Market Street" project is being built by one of the largest providers of building materials in China, using Canadian building technology and B.C. wood projects in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province. The structure is designed to show local developers that hybrid, wood-frame buildings are structurally sound, cost competitive with concrete, brick and steel construction, and energy efficient.

Both Bell and Federal Minister of Natural Resources, Christian Paradis, say the development signals the growing acceptance of Canadian wood-frame technology across China.

Bell says breaking into China's mid-rise commercial sector is a "game-changer for our industry because their current level of construction activity is twice that of Canada and the U.S. combined."

Minister Paradis China is the fastest growing export market for Canadian wood products, but, until now, most sales have been in coastal regions like Shanghai, "Promoting our wood products in other parts of the country will create new customers and generate more consistent, long-term demand."

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Posted on Saturday, November 06, 2010 04:17 PM in News by 250 News

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Comments

Posted by: Harbinger on November 6 2010 8:13 PM

No worry about termites, eh? In the pot they go. Ha ha ha .

Posted by: brigog on November 7 2010 4:49 AM

Just what we need China to deforest our land like they did to there's.

Posted by: PrinceGeorge on November 7 2010 6:54 AM

Thanks Pat for all the efforts and positive results! People who did not have jobs before have jobs now - great news, great Christmas present too!

Deforest our land? What a joke! Plant a tree! Guess what? It will grow! Mother Nature is very good at that too!

Quit whining! This is NOT the Sahara desert!

Posted by: Palopu on November 7 2010 7:30 PM

How come when the economy turns around and sawmills start up and we rehire people and the lumber is shipped to our Number One Customer the USA we do not get all this hype, and thank you Pat Bell, and thank you USA BS. Is it because lumber sales to the US have nothing to do with Pat Bell. Well guess what?? Lumber sales China have little to do with Bell also.

Where do you think the lumber that is being produced from the Mills that have started up in Ft St James, MacKenzie, etc; is going.??? Its not all going to China.

We have customers in the USA, Japan, Europe, China, etc;. We export all over the world. So its time to get off this BS just because we sold some low grade lumber to China during a huge downturn in the world market.

Most of the lumber going to China is crap. You cant build a long term trading relationship with a Country by selling them junk lumber. The money is is prime lumber. Thats what Japan, Europe, and the USA buys. China buys utility, at a very low price.

As I said before. Lets hear some numbers of what we are getting paid for this junk lumber to China, and what are the mills who produce paying the Government in stumpage???

In the meantime thank you USA, Japan, and Europe for buying Canadian Lumber.

Posted by: eiowe on November 8 2010 6:26 AM

no the lumber we produce all goes to china i know of other mills have the same deal but i guess you guys know it all
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