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FPS
The Forest Products Society's 73rd International Convention (IC) will be held June 25-28 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. The annual IC is a wonderful venue to enhance professional connections and bridge the gap between the world’s top researchers, industry leaders and students.
The IC will be held in conjunction with the Forest Products Machinery and Equipment Expo, the premiere showcase for the latest technology for wood processing. Attendees will have full access to the Expo and opportunities to meet with industry leaders in both technology and production.
Abstracts are being accepted for oral presentations and posters! SUBMIT AN ABSTRACT!
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FPS
A FPS Northwest Region spring meeting will take place on Thursday, Feb. 21, at Oregon State University. The purpose of this event is to hold a regional meeting that will include tours of the new OSU buildings, as well as provide professional feedback to students through mock interviews as they prep for job/intern season.
TENTATIVE MEETING SCHEDULE
Noon-2 p.m.: Tour of Peavy and Advanced Wood Processing Center (open to all)
2-4 p.m.: FPS Northwest Region update presentation/discussion (open to all)
4-6 p.m.: Mock interview session (open to all)
6-8 p.m.: Dinner in downtown Corvallis (open to all, pay on your own)
Questions about the event should be directed to Paige McKinley, President-elect of FPS, or Charles Gale, FPS Board member.
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, and the deadline for abstract submissions has been extended to Friday, Feb. 15. Click here for additional information.
The Northern Logger
The forest industry is in constant evolution. The past decade (and more) has seen significant changes in equipment, markets, land management and more. 2019 will be no different. As the industry moves forward, those working up and down the supply chain — landowners, loggers, foresters, truckers, mills — will face
new challenges and be presented with new opportunities.
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Architectural Record
The process for mass-timber-construction permitting is about to become streamlined, thanks to changes to the International Building Code (IBC) set to take effect in 2020. In December, the International Code Council passed 14 code changes relating to mass timber construction that, pending validation of the vote, would be included in the 2021 IBC. (The code is revised every three years.) Among the changes is the creation of three types of construction that set new allowable heights and fire-safety ratings for wood buildings.
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The Seattle Times
Our quest to reduce the effects of climate change is driving a new era of technological advances. On the cutting edge of this wave of innovation are new uses for a material with a long tradition: natural, carbon-friendly wood. The modern uses for wood and wood-based compounds are changing how we build and design in ways that our grandparents could not have imagined even just one generation ago.
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U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities
The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities (Endowment) announces the completion of its interactive website, State of America's Forests. This online multimedia guide puts relevant information related to our nation´s forests in the hands of the public and professionals in intuitive ways never before accessible. Exploratory maps, graphs, charts and videos will help users to better understand the value and importance of forests as a source of clean water, clean air, human wellbeing, biodiversity, recreation, products, economic development and many other benefits and services.
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A downtown Milwaukee apartment high-rise that would use high-grade timber, not steel, for its frame has won Plan Commission approval.
The 21-story, 205-unit development, named Ascent, would be one of the tallest such buildings in the world.
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Peninsula Daily News
The Port of Port Angeles will spend $230,000 in seed money on a demonstration panel and other components of construction-grade, cross-laminated timber to possibly be used for housing.
This is Phase 1 of a joint project between the Composite Recycling Technology Center and Washington State University.
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Daily Timber News
Sweetwoods a project made up of nine European companies, is to begin producing wood-based biomaterials for the first time on an industrial scale. This unique €43 million bio-economy project, funded by the Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI JU) is now underway, with its key aim of developing a first-of-its-kind bio-fractionation flagship plant in Estonia to turn sustainable hardwood residues into high purity intermediate building blocks of cellulosic sugars and high-quality lignin.
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The Architect's Newspaper
CLT, GLT, NLT, DLT and all the other LTs: You'll find our favorite laminated timbers made by U.S.-based manufacturers and suppliers below.
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