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Cross Laminated Timber
Some new announcements for funding around CLT (cross laminated timber) came out of a couple jurisdictions recently, also this week a Vancouver architecture firm has submitted a design proposal for a 35 storey wooden tower to be built in Paris. To promote the adoption of innovative wood building technologies, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA)…
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Japan’s First CLT Plant
Meiken Industry, out of Okayama prefecture in Japan, has announced plans to acquire 40,000 square metres of property by it’s lamina joint plant and distribution warehouse, to build a cross-laminated timber manufacturin plant, according to Japan Lumber Reports Friday. Planned production for the facility is 50,000 cubic metres annually. A Maniwa biomass power plant using…
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Wood Innovation Centre Opens
The Wood Innovation and Design Centre at the University of Northern British Columbia in Prince George, BC, one of the tallest contemporary wood buildings in North America, officially opened last Friday. Construction of the 29.5-metre, six-storey high Centre began in 2013, said a Ministry of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training press release. The Centre will…
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Wooden Skyscrapers
The Oregon Zoo in Portland, home to the World Forestry Center, expects to install that state’s first building using cross laminated timber (CLT) this month, according to the Portland Tribune Thursday. As well, US home builder DR Johnson is reportedly building one of America’s first CLT production facilities in Riddle, OR. Cross Laminated Timber Madison’s…
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Lumber Remanufacturing
An article this week in the Globe and Mail piqued Madison’s interest to discover the latest technologies and developments in manufacturing higher-value and value-added solid wood products. An established skateboard manufacturer in Ontario has come up with a way to work veneers to make a totally new kind of skateboard. “His innovative woodworking technique –…
