Management in a Global Context

Current Projects | Selected Publications | Selected Presentations

AUTOMATION OF HOUSE BUILDING

• Project Description: Demographic, technology and globalization are all driving house construction from an on-site craft-based activity to an automated production of building components to be assembled on site. This project examines driving forces occurring in various global markets for wood houses and the impact this will have on demand for various wood products.
• Detailed research description
• Research Team: David Cohen, Christopher Gaston (Forintek Canada Corp.)
• Research Projects:
  • Emerging Prefabrication and Building Trends in Japan – Initial Exploratory Research Scheduled for February 2003
  • Demographic drivers of the automation of house construction in North American – ongoing
• Related Activities and Publications (see Cohen 2002, and the "Conference on Factory Built Components & Housing Systems”)

RESEARCHING A SHARED USE MANUFACTURING FACILITY AS A TEST MODEL FOR FOREST DEPENDENT COMMUNITIES IN B.C.

• Partners: Community Futures Development Corp. of North Cariboo & Wood Enterprise Centre (Forest Renewal BC)
• Project description
• Research Team: Robert Kozak, Thomas Maness, Chris Hartridge, E. Noli Sicad
• Status: completed project
• Related Publications (see Kozak & Hartridge 2000)

A SURVEY OF FORESTRY-RELATED RESEARCH ACTIVITIES IN CANADA

• Partners: Forcast (Canadian Forest Service)
• Project description
• Research Team: Susan Watts, Robert Kozak
• Status: completed project
• Related Publications: (see Watts & Kozak 2000)

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Cohen, David H. 2002. “Trends in North American Wood Construction and Products”. Presented at Eighth International Timber Construction Conference (IHF 2002) Sponsored by a consortium of European Post Secondary Educational Institutions. Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany. Article published in proceedings. December 6, 2002.

Cohen, David H. and Ilan Vertinsky. 2002. China’s Natural Forest Protection Program (NFPP): Impact on Trade Policies Regarding Wood. Prepared for CIDA with the Research Center for Ecological and Environmental Economics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences 63 pages.

Development of successful “Conference on Factory Built Components & Housing Systems” in Vancouver (March 18-19, 2001 and Montreal (March 20-21, 2001) in cooperation with the Centre for Advanced Wood Processing – CAWP (UBC), University of Laval (Quebec) and Forintek Canada Corporation. Proceedings available through CAWP (UBC).

Kozak, Robert A. and Chris Hartridge. 2000. Shared facilities: a model for forest-dependent communities in British Columbia. The Forestry Chronicle, 76(1) pp.151-158.

Watts, Susan B. and Robert A. Kozak. 2000. Status of forestry-related research in Canada., 1999/2000. Prepared for the Forest Coalition for the Advancement of Science and Technology (FORCAST) and the Canadian Forest Service. 20pp. A PDF version of this publication is available to users searching on the authors in the Canadian Forest Service Bookstore: <http://bookstore.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca>.

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June 17, 2002. Cohen, David H. “Global Channels of Distribution for Solid Wood Products” presented at Association for Investment Management and Research (AIMR) Forest Products Industry Conference, June 16-18, 2002. Seattle Washington, USA. (pdf file: 2,976KB)

"Solution Driven Research for Wood and Wood Products: A North American Perspective"
by Robert Kozak and David Cohen
(pdf file: 1,468KB)

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