A Star Is Built - B.C. Super House Debuts on Asian TV


July 22, 2009

Artists’ renderings of the “Super House”, to be built as part of a prime-time program on Mongolian TV.  “The show will help establish wood-frame construction as a viable housing option in Mongolia, and further our exports to Asia, which is our fastest growing regional market,” said Forests and Range Minister Pat Bell.

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Ray Greene, Pacific Building Systems, at the Cobble Hill facility with trusses and other pre-cut materials for shipment to Mongolia.

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Steve Lawrence (left) and Gordon Macdonald of Macdonald & Lawrence Timber Framing Ltd. in Cobble Hill with a Douglas-fir post-and-beam assembly to be used in the exterior porch of Super House (Second growth fir from Vancouver Island).

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Wall systems being built at the Cobble Hill facility of Pacific Building Systems with materials from Ainsworth, Dunkley and Carrier Lumber.