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Journal of Commerce
Prefabricated modular and mass timber construction can offer a number of advantages in northern or remote areas, including reducing the need to find skilled labor or paying higher labor costs, says Eric Karsh, a structural engineer and principal of Equilibrium Consulting, who is promoting a "plug and play" three-dimension-style unit construction.
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FPS
If you work with wood products (lumber, building products, composites, treated wood) but lack any formal training, this course is for you! A day before the 72nd Forest Products Society International Convention in Madison, Wisconsin, FPS is offering a one-day Introduction to Wood Science Short Course taught by some of the world's leading professors.
The course will be held Monday, June 11, from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the USDA Forest Products Laboratory in Madison.
The agenda will touch on: safety, wood structural properties, drying process, protection and durability, and marketing. View the detailed agenda here.
Register today!
Woodworking Network
Last week, within hours after Trump announced the 25 percent tariff on steel and 10 percent on aluminum, many industries rose up in protest, said Gene Wengert, the "Wood Doctor."
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Montana Public Radio
Half a year after a memorable fire season shrouded Montana in thick gray skies, burned more than a million acres and caused tens of millions of dollars in budget shortfalls, scientists at the University of Montana are saying Montanans should get used to it. In a lecture that about 200 people attended Tuesday night, forest ecology professor Andrew Larson was direct.
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Grand Canyon News
The bright flames of a raging wildfire and the aftermath it leaves behind may cause many to think that the biggest forest danger in the west is unrestrained fire, but the reality is actually much quieter and much, much smaller.
Mountain pine bark beetles are only about five millimeters long, about the size of a single grain of rice. They feed and reproduce on the inner bark of ponderosa pines, among others, which creates a maze-like formation of tubes or tunnels in the wood. These tubes effectively block the flow of nutrients from the needles to the rest of the tree, causing damage. The beetles can also carry a fungus that prevents water from the root system from reaching the needles, leading to even more damage.
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Insurance Business
Over 900 architects, engineers, and construction specialists have completed a new course by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) on creating high-density wooden buildings. The institute believes that by utilizing fire retardant-treated wood, it is possible to build large-scale wood constructions that are not just safer from fire and smoke, but are also more affordable to insure.
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Purdue Researchers
Purdue University researchers studying whether concrete is made stronger by infusing it with microscopic-sized nanocrystals from wood are moving from the laboratory to the real world with a bridge that will be built in California this spring. The researchers have been working with cellulose nanocrystals, byproducts generated by the paper, bioenergy, agriculture and pulp industries, to find the best mixture to strengthen concrete, the most common man-made material in the world.
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Mongabay
Overall, the world lost more than 7 percent of its intact forest landscapes in just over a decade, a trend that appears to be accelerating. A new study discusses how intact forests are critically important for mitigating climate change, maintaining water supplies, safeguarding biodiversity and even protecting human health.
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