Concrete group fights back at woodFriday 17 Jul 2009
The story goes back to July 2007, when the Labour-led government announced that within one year, all new government-funded buildings up to four floors high would be required to have a design option that used wood or wood-based products as the main structural material. Delays followed. Now the scheme is that the statute be implemented before the end of this year, with a first-year assessment of its effect by February. The CCANZ position is that the policy will create a commercial advantage for one industry over another. This, it claims, "is not only inappropriate, but is not in keeping with recent government initiatives and policy development in the building and construction sector." The organisation is sensitive on the issue of the government suggesting, as it terms it, that timber is a more sustainable option. It says that timber has sustainable properties, and that timber is important to New Zealand's Kyoto obligations. "These factors, however, do not outweigh or negate the sustainability of other building materials, such as concrete." The cement industry's ire is also drawn by the state NZ Wood campaign, which it notes has cost NZ$2 million a year for the past three years. Source: Carbon News 2009 | ||
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