Authors: Ivan Eastin and Rose Braden ​Executive Summary The purpose of this project was to perform a comparative assessment of the US and Japanese 2×4 construction technologies, evaluate Japanese builders perceptions of US value-added wood building materials and identify opportunities to increase the use of US wood building materials within the Japanese 2×4 construction sector. In […]

Authors: ​Ivan Eastin, Indroneil Ganguly, Daisuke Sasatani, Larry Mason and Bruce Lippke ​Executive Summary Investment by value-adding wood industries is critical to sustaining forestland ownership. An increasingly complex array of forest owners and investors suggests a business climate that views forests as a financial, rather than an industrial, asset. However, maintaining the ecological, environmental and economic […]