Mongolia plans to build
96 regional government centers with Canadian lumber and wood technology. Over
the past few years, the province of British Columbia has helped Mongolia adopt
its building code for wood-frame construction, train officials and inspectors,
and set up a Mongolian wood-frame construction sector.

“Your type of wood-frame
construction is energy-efficient, climate-friendly, and well suited to our
needs in Mongolia,” Prime Minister S. Batbold said during his visit to
Canada. “With the support of British Columbia, our government has adopted
Canada”s wood-frame building code and will be using Canadian wood technology
and wood products from British Columbia in new public buildings around
Mongolia.”

These comments came
after the signing of a memorandum of understanding between Mongolia and B.C.,
through which B.C. will provide technical expertise to assist in the design and
supervision of the project. Under the MoU, Mongolia agrees to buy all
structural lumber for the centers from B.C. suppliers.