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Mass Timber Building
United States Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack Tuesday announced a US$1 million program to be implemented by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service in partnership with the Wood Products Council’s WoodWorks initiative, according to a USDA press release this week. The initiative will provide training for architects, engineers and builders related to the…
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ATA Trucking Index
The American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 2.8 per cent in February, after plunging 4.5 per cent the previous month. January’s drop was slightly more than the 4.3 per cent reported on February 19. In February, the index equaled 127.6 (2000=100) versus 124.1 in January. The all-time high was in…
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FSC Adds
The Forest Stewardship Council has added the concept of free, prior, and informed consent to its forest management standards around the world. “FSC has embraced the UN Declaration (on Rights of Indigenous Peoples) and that concept of free, prior and informed consent,” said Peggy Smith, Lakehead University associate professor and member of Forest Stewardship Council…
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Universal Purchases
Universal Forest Products, out of Grand Rapids, MI, Monday announced that one of its subsidiaries has purchased certain assets of Container Systems Inc (CSI), a manufacturer of crates and containers for industrial applications and the moving-and-storage industry, located in Franklinton, NC. The transaction closed on March 14, 2014. CSI produces a full line of moving…
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New Forestry Plan, New Brunswick: Irving Invests
In obviously related news, JD Irving announced Friday two more major investments in its forestry operations, pledging to pump a total of $38 million into sawmill operations in Chipman, NB, and a centre in Doaktown. The announcements followed Thursday’s commitment by the New Brunswick government to increase the allocation of softwood the forest industry will…
