China published and on market
The comprehensive 600 pages Timber Structure Handbook, fully adapted to China market, was published and distributed to book stores in December 2005. The Handbook comprises modern wood structure technology, like wood frame construction and hybrid construction (combination of wood frame and concrete structure) and timber grading standards including machine and visually grading of European species and more. The target group for the Handbook, of which European Wood Initiative has contributed substantially, is design engineers, architects and real estate developers as well as universities. EWI will disseminate the Handbook to relevant Chinese professionals belonging to the target group.