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FPS
Co-organized by FPS, the 29th International Conference on Wood Science and Technology (ICWST 2018) will take place Dec. 6 and 7 at the Faculty of Forest, University of Zagreb.
Theme: "Implementation of Wood Science in Woodworking Sector"
About ICWST 2018: Organized by the Faculty of Forestry, this meeting internationally exchanges knowledge about the latest research results or experiences from the industry in wood sector and in the related fields, as well as about achievements and possibilities of their practical use in wood sector and the economy. The conference will bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and scholars in the domain of interest from around the world.
Conference topics will include:
- Properties of wood and wood based materials
- Wood modifications
- Wood processing industry
- Wood products, furniture and interior design
- Management in wood industry
- Renewable energy from wooden biomass.
Registration deadline: Tuesday, Nov. 20
Venue: Faculty of Forestry, University of Zagreb, Svetošimunska cesta 25, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
For more information, contact icwst@sumfak.hr
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Click here for a registration form.
Forest Products Machinery & Equipment Exposition
The 2019 IC is set for June 25-28, 2019, in Atlanta, and a program committee is currently being formed. Please reach out to Debbie Brady, FPS Executive Vice President, if you would like to participate in the planning. The planning committee meets monthly by phone and establishes the content and structure of the IC.
The 2019 IC will be co-located with the Southern Forest Products Association's Forest Products Machinery & Equipment Expo.
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FPS
The 21st International Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation of Wood Symposium will take place Sept. 24-27, 2019, in Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The event will be hosted by the Forest Research Institute Baden-Württemberg and co-sponsored by the USDA Forest Service Forest Products Laboratory, Forest Products Society and the International Union of Forestry Research Organizations D5.01.09 unit "Non-Destructive Evaluation of Wood and Wood-Based Materials."
Registration opens April 1, 2019. Click here for additional information.
Eye On Housing
The total market share of non-site built single-family homes was 3.3 percent of single-family completions in 2017, according to Census Bureau Survey of Construction data and NAHB analysis. This share is expected to rise in 2018 and in the years ahead, due to the ongoing labor shortage in the residential construction sector and the need to lift labor productivity amid declining housing affordability.
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Commercial Architecture
According to the most-recent numbers from the National Fire Protection Association, U.S. fire departments responded to more than 3,700 construction site fires each year between 2010 and 20141. These fires caused $172 million in direct property damage annually to buildings of all materials that were under construction. Most, if not all, of these fires could have been prevented.
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Yahoo!
Ambitious? Yes. Impossible? No — not even the tiniest bit.
"It's not a dream. We should have the first industry machine in 2020. And then the industry will ramp up from there We hope in 2020 we will be able to show the first tire made of wood," said Cyrille Roget, Michelin's worldwide director of scientific and innovation communication.
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Architecture & Design
Aveo Norwest at Sydney's Norwest Business Park "Circa" precinct is a multiresidential development that delivers high levels of amenity, social, and environmental sustainability within an innovative design and build. Discarding convention and pushing the boundaries of mass timber technology, this multistorey, luxury retirement village represents one of the largest applications of cross laminated timber (CLT) in Australia, winning the Sustainability category at the 2018 Australian Timber Design Awards.
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By Lucy Wallwork
 Daily headlines carry news of technologies "disrupting the market." One of the latest stories is that of pre-fabricated, "modular housing" and what it could do to transform the way the construction industry operates. If there was ever an industry in need of disruption, it is homebuilding. Modular housing promises to take much of the risk and complication out of that process by performing most of the construction work in a weathertight plant. Panels are manufactured in a factory and slotted together on site, often in a matter of hours — a true "plug and play" model.
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Woodworking Network
This month the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a series of proposed technical amendments to the TSCA Title VI Formaldehyde Emissions Standards for Composite Wood Products rule. These proposed amendments, when finalized, will ensure greater alignment with the existing California Air Resources Board formaldehyde regulation's (CARB 2) certification and testing procedures and, in some instances, provide greater clarity on the application of requirements. This is good news for composite wood panel manufacturers and companies that use the panels to make components and finished goods, as it means one, more seamless regulatory system nationwide.
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