Wood house building

U.S. homebuilding surged to an eight-month high in November 2021 amid an acute shortage of properties on the market, though higher prices for raw materials and labor shortages remain a constraint. Housing starts increased 11.8% to a seasonally...

Mikhail Shamolin, President of Segezha Group, announced at “Russian Forest” 26th International Forum and Exhibition that the Group was going to build a residential estate of two four-storey houses in Sokol, Vologda Region, for their employees’ families. The...

The U.S. Census Bureau reported on Wednesday that privately‐owned housing starts in October were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of 1,520,000. This is -0.7% below the revised September rate of 1,530,000 but is 0.4% above the...

The Sokol CLT plant located in Vologda Oblast is the first Russian enterprise to pass the European Technical Assessment (ETA) on product performance. The ETA of the plant has been conducted by the Austrian Institute of Construction Engineering...

Russian Timber Journal 09-2021: Tapani Kiiski, President and CEO of Raute Corporation: “The Russian market has been among the most important ones for Raute over the past 10 years”; current situation in the roundwood market, industry’s opportunities and restrictions...

Houses for residents of Byas-Kyuel village in Gorny District that suffered from a forest fire will be built from wood using the MHM (Massiv Holz Mauer) technology, as reported by Aysen Nikolaev, Head of the Region. Head of...

Russia is undergoing a boom of country houses construction (specifically, those made of wooden structures) that began in 2020 because of the pandemic and continued in 2021. The Russian house construction market is therefore facing an acute shortage...

Overall housing starts advanced 3.9% MoM to a rate of 1.615 million units in August 2021. Data for July was revised up to a rate of 1.554 million units from the previously reported 1.534 million units. Housing starts...

July U.S. housing starts were down 7% from June, but were 2.5% higher on the year, according to data released Aug. 18 by the U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. July housing...

U.S. homebuilding increased more than expected in June, though expensive lumber, as well as shortages of labor and land, continued to constrain builders’ ability to fully take advantage of robust demand for housing. Housing starts rose 6.3% to...

Russian Timber Journal 06-2021: Alexander Vysotskiy, Product Director at Data Driven: “Lockdown created the necessary conditions for the digital business”; the European Commission approved for 6 months the introduction of preliminary anti-dumping duties on birch plywood from Russia; the...

The cross laminated timber plant of the Pfeifer Group, which went into operation at the beginning of 2020, is doubling its capacity to 100,000 m³ annually this year as planned. In order to increase the joinery performance and...