Basic Policy

Sumitomo Forestry broadly promotes the Construction and the MOCCA (Timber Solutions) Business that proposes woodification and use of wood also in nonresidential fields such as commercial complexes and public facilities. The Construction and the MOCCA (Timber Solutions) Business of Construction Business Sub-Division, Global Housing, Construction and Real Estate Division, provides high-quality buildings with consideration for user health, safety, and comfort via medium- to large-scale woodification and use of wood, and it obtained the ISO9001 in September 2015 in response to customer expectations. Each plant sets tangible quality targets and a business action plan to attain maintained safety and enhanced product quality.

Product Safety and Quality Control in the Construction and the MOCCA (Timber Solutions) Business

Product Safety and Quality Management System

The Construction and the MOCCA (Timber Solutions) Business of Construction Business Sub-Division, Global Housing, Construction and Real Estate Division, consolidates the quality management system under the aforementioned policy and is building a strict process management system. The Department also conducts biannual internal auditing at construction sites to follow the PDCA cycle incorporated in the quality management system as stipulated by ISO9001. We have been highly praised by third parties for providing higher quality construction with recognition that includes the Wood Design Award and Good Design Award.

Initiatives and Framework for Product Safety and Quality Control

Construction Department, Construction Business Sub-Division, Global Housing, Construction and Real Estate Division, is actively engaged in exchanges related to product safety and quality control with Kumagai Gumi, with whom we have a business and capital alliance.

Since 2022, the company has invited an instructor from Kumagai Gumi for estimation * and holds study sessions in-house on a regular basis. In addition, Sumitomo Forestry employees are sent to the company as estimating simulation trainees to learn more practical estimating methods.

In addition, "exchange patrols and construction review meetings" were held at five sites at Kumagai Gumi and two sites at Sumitomo Forestry, in an effort to improve the occupational safety level and quality of medium- to large-scale wooden constructions.

* Calculation of the cost of construction in advance by accumulating the total predicted cost of construction