The Korean Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport announced changes in the building regulations for wooden multi-family residential buildings that eliminate the existing requirement for thick concrete floors that serve as sound barriers between units in wood frame apartment buildings. Previously, all multi-family buildings were required to have floors with a minimum thickness of 210 mm of concrete slab. …Previously, the requirement for concrete floors resulted in the loss of a market for 800 annual Korean multi-family Dagagu building housing starts for Canadian wood products. The removal of this requirement is expected to revitalize this market, potentially restoring Canadian wood as a primary material in these constructions. …Canada Wood Korea, along with other organizations, has been advocating for these changes to support the use of wood in building construction. 

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