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Wooden Construction and Demolition

From traditional wooden frame construction to state-of-the-art wooden houses and their demolition and reconstruction

10.29Wed 2025

Yokohama Municipal Housing Corporation, Japan's First Local Public Corporation to Lease a Six-Story Wooden Building Using Domestic Timber and the P&UA Construction Method

The "Ichigao Condominium Project (tentative name)" promoted by the Yokohama Municipal Housing Supply Corporation has recently been awarded the "2025 Excellent [...]" by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.

10.25Sat 2025

Obayashi Corporation develops "SynchroMOK," a tool that automates "burn depth calculation," a barrier to mid-size wood construction, and links it to BIM to streamline design.

Obayashi Corporation has been working on BIM (Burn Depth Calculation) for wooden structures in accordance with the Fire Collapse Prevention Performance Verification Method and the Evacuation Collapse Prevention Performance Verification Method.

5.12Mon 2025

Spreading the "wooden city" throughout Japan by using the unique KES construction method and fire-resistant technology to achieve wooden high-rise construction.

The development of "Wooden Cities (R)" is one of the pillars of the forestry industry's revitalization, and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by turning cities into "second forests," or [...].

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