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ConstructionEquipmentGuide.com
Despite a few setbacks, tall wood building construction is thriving in the United States and beyond.
As of June 2018, more than 400 mass timber projects have been completed or are in the design stage, according to WoodWorks, which provides education and free project support for commercial and multifamily wood buildings.
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FPS
The Mid-South Section of the Forest Products Society is hosting a program, "21st Century Wood Technology," Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 7 and 8, at the Sustainable Bioproducts Laboratory of the School of Forestry on the Campus of Mississippi State University. The upcoming Sessions cover a wide range of the newer wood utilization technologies that are growing in importance in the Southeast and also will provide the attendee with an update on applications and technologies being utilized.
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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.
Woodworking Network
Pending approval from the president, the Farm Bill will be signed into law.
The bipartisan Farm Bill, which was approved by both the U.S. House and Senate, promotes new and innovative uses for wood as part of the Timber Innovation Act — which accelerates the research and development of wood for use in construction projects, like cross-laminated timber (CLT).
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letsrecycle.com
A project is underway in the construction sector to test waste wood for any hazardous content. Early findings are that most treated wood arising from the demolition of buildings built before 2008 is likely to be hazardous.
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Confederation of Timber Industries
A new science-policy report from the European Forest Institute (EFI) demonstrates that using wood-based products to substitute greenhouse gas intensive-materials can have important climate benefits. The authors reviewed 51 existing studies to provide an up-to-date synthesis of scientific knowledge on the greenhouse gas emissions of products made from wood and from alternative materials, over their entire lifetime.
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The Kendeda Fund
The image of mass timber puts it in a slightly softer place than the steel girders. This is wood, after all — that smooth, natural material that you can run your hands across to feel at one with the Earth. From an environmental perspective, the big difference is that wood is a renewable resource: It stores carbon, unlike steel or cement, which require tons of carbon emissions to manufacturer.
But, when you get right down to it, mass timber construction is pretty robust business — just not quite as heavy a lift as assembling the steel I-beams or pouring the tons of concrete that form the skeletons of most large commercial buildings.
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Biomass Magazine
Scientists studying the digestive system of a curious wood-eating crustacean have discovered it may hold the key to sustainably converting wood into biofuel.
Gribble are small marine invertebrates that have evolved to perform an important ecological role eating the abundant supplies of wood washed into the sea from river estuaries.
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