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NAHB 2018 International Builders’ Show®: January 2018
For the three days of the annual National Association of Home Builders 2018 International Builders’ Show® (IBS) last week, building industry professionals from across the globe discovered a variety of products and innovative concepts that are sure to enhance their businesses moving forward. For all of 2017, the US construction industry added 210,000 jobs, a…
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Williams Lake, BC, Sawmill Post-Fire Rebuild
Work is underway at Tolko Industries’ Lakeview Division in Williams Lake, BC, where the sawmill building was damaged by fire at the beginning of November. The Tolko board has approved the sawmill’s reconstruction, said Tom Hoffman, Tolko’s manager of external and stakeholder relations to the Quesnel Observer Tuesday. Williams Lake Sawmill Rebuild Tolko’s manager of…
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US Trade Entanglements
Madison’s has word from US Customs Brokers working the border that — upon requesting clarification from Customs and the DoC — it seems that, at least for now, shake and shingles are also captured in the highly punitive US softwood lumber CV and AD duties. As the bizarre US newsprint trade claim against Canada last…
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Seasonal Holiday Break for North American Forest Industry
And what a year it has been, holey moley. Sawmills across Canada and the US will hardly get a chance to assess this wild year as year- end inventory in their yards is calculated before the New Year 2018, with it’s punishing softwood lumber duty, comes on. It is usual for the entire province of…
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Cross-Laminated Timber, LVL, Glulam, and other Structural Laminates
A bridge made of engineered wood; specifically, cross-laminated timber! Even Madison’s hadn’t expected such anon-traditional application of forest products as a building material. Researchers at South Dakota State University’s J Lohr Structures Lab have tested the strength of a glulam bridge as part of a push to give counties and towns more options when designing…
