Building New Zealand’s First Sizable Steel-Less Timber Building

By Rianna Lowrance, AEC Industry Writer When Scion, a Crown research institute that specializes in the forestry industry, needed to upgrade its facility in Rotorua, New Zealand–dubbed the Scion Innovation Hub–it was interested in making it a place for interconnection and collaboration, as well as a beacon for sustainable design.  The resulting building, designed by […]

Japan’s Sumitomo Forestry to buy US’ JPI for $215m

Japanese wooden housing and materials company Sumitomo Forestry has spent $215m to acquire a majority stake in US housebuilder JPI. JPI will keep its name and maintain its headquarters in… The post Japan’s Sumitomo Forestry to buy US’ JPI for $215m appeared first on Global Construction Review.

Sumitomo Forestry to buy JPI’s operating platform

JPI CEO Payton Mayes and Chief Financial and Investment Officer Mollie Fadule will operate the company within the Japanese conglomerate.

IronCraft’s New Mulcher for Skid Steers, CTLs Fills Need for Speed

The Forestry Disc Mulcher hacks through trees up to 14 inches in diameter for projects “where speed is more important than aesthetics...

EAC urges the UK to use more wood in construction to achieve net-zero targets

In a new report, the EAC has recommended increasing the use of wood in construction and expanding forestry to help achieve the UK’s 2050 net-zero targets. The post EAC urges the UK to use more wood in construction to achieve net-zero targets appeared first on Planning, Building & Construction Today.

DW Planet A - Why carbon offsets are worse than you think,

Carbon offsets sound so promising: If you emit some CO2, you can just pay someone else to reduce that amount somewhere else, and you’re good! But is it too good to be true? We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. This channel (Planet A) explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means

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