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Canadian wood products and builders plan to assist Mongolia in building homes for those seeking to live in Ulaanbaatar.
"Rapid urbanization is creating a housing shortage in Mongolia, and a real need for safe and permanent housing," recently noted Canada’s Forests and Range Minister, Pat Bell. "Canada's expertise in wood-frame construction offers Mongolia an affordable, energy-efficient housing solution and continues to create new international marketing opportunities for wood products."
Under an agreement signed last year between the Province of British Columbia and the Mongolian government, the British Columbia Institute of Technology helped Mongolia update its residential wood-frame construction building code to Canadian standards and provided training and technical support.
Two demonstration homes were built from Canadian wood products and showcase how the new building standards can be applied to Mongolian needs. The homes will be used to promote residential wood-frame housing and for training in construction and related trades. More than 1,000 potential homebuyers have already toured the homes in the weeks leading up to the official opening.
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