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Thursday, May 23, 2013
Vancouver-based Michael Green Architecture (MGA) has announced plans to break ground in May on what will be North America’s tallest wood structure. The building is slated to be approximately 90-foot-tall and will showcase the latest in wood construction. Owned by the city, it will also be the home to the University of...
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
This month, the Georgia Forestry Association's Emerging Leaders and the Georgia SFI Implementation Committee, along with the Georgia Forestry Commission, Georgia Forestry Foundation and other organizations in the forestry community, launched a new public information program.
The program includes a short documentary film,...
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
As the sun sets on an $11.4 million federal effort to boost Maine’s wood pellet industry, early returns seem to indicate that the investment was a sound one. The U.S. Department of Forestry spent the money in the Fuels for Public Buildings grant to help bring 24 biomass conversion projects to fruition in schools, hospitals...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Understanding forest management on the Pacific Islands can be difficult for anyone who has not left the mainland. Especially when you consider the subtle differences in the landscapes. Island forests are highly diverse, most forest landowners manage smaller parcels than those in the contiguous U.S., and the economic...
Friday, May 17, 2013
The North Carolina House of Representatives gave its final approval this week to legislation making clear no taxpayer-funded project could use a green-building rating system in which North Carolina forestry products are at a disadvantage compared to imported lumber.
A win for the lumber industry in the state, bill...
Friday, May 10, 2013
The people whose livelihood depends on forests have a message and they’re launching a campaign next week to deliver it. The message is that the industry isn’t just about cutting down trees. It also plants and cares for trees and the environment they grow in.
The campaign kicks off May 14 at the Atlanta headquarters of...
Friday, May 10, 2013
By early May, industry benchmark prices were off their highs for the year so far although much stronger than year-ago levels amid growing evidence of increasing demand for construction of single-family homes and especially multi-family buildings. Lumber industry officials think U.S. lumber prices are falling in response to...
Friday, May 3, 2013
Plum Creek reopened the Evergreen Sawmill in Montana last month, after it closed in 2009 as demand for stud lumber declined.
Plum Creek Vice President Tom Ray says the demand is back up and the sawmill is ready to deliver. "We are going to produce 40 million board feet of studs a year and part of that will be consumed in...
Friday, April 26, 2013
German Pellets plans to open a second giant wood pellet plant in U.S.. Just as it is readying to opening a 500,000-metric ton wood pellet production facility in Woodville, Texas, German Pellets announced that it plans to build an additional 1 million-metric ton plant in Louisiana, with construction slated to begin this...
Friday, April 26, 2013
As builders and developers seek cost-effective ways to meet the demand, many are turning to wood framing for four- and five-story buildings-and even up to six stories in Canada. However, wood shrinkage can be an issue. Laminated strand lumber (LSL) provides an effective means of dealing with shrinkage in wall plates.
LSL...
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