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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 Monday, April 1. Click here for additional information.
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Nominations are now open for the Fred W. Gottschalk Memorial Award, the Wood Awards and the Wood Engineering Achievement Award. Nominations may be made online here. The call for nominations will close on Monday, April 1, and winners will be notified in mid-April.
Nominations are sought for the prestigious Fred W. Gottschalk Memorial Award, which recognizes and honors exceptional service to the Forest Products Society by an individual member. Candidates for the Gottschalk award must have been active members of FPS for a minimum of 10 years. Most importantly, candidates must have a long history of active service to the Society and a genuine desire and ability to further the objectives of the Society.
The FPS Wood Award recognizes the most outstanding graduate student research in the field of wood and wood products. Professors in the field are encouraged to nominate students who are pursuing original research on harvesting and forest operations, product development and manufacture, fundamental properties, end-use applications, distribution and marketing, and other topics contributing the mission of the Society.
This year’s Wood Engineering Achievement Award is focused on Lifetime Achievement and is eligible to individuals for their cumulative contribution to the discipline of wood engineering. Honorees demonstrate significant and measurable impact in the field and tangible impact in the marketplace.
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The 12th International Conference on Wood Adhesives will be held Sept. 30-Oct. 1, 2020 at the Portland Hilton Downtown hotel in Portland, Oregon. This is one year earlier than originally planned, based on the strong interest and activity in bio-based adhesives. The International Conference on Wood Adhesives is the premier technical conference on advances in adhesion of wood and biomass. Industry representatives were the majority of the 241 attendees in 2017, evenly split between the US and the rest of the world.
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Korean Society of Wood Science and Technology
The Korean Society of Wood Science and Technology will hold BIOCOMP2020: The 15th Pacific Rim Bio-Based Composite Symposium from Oct. 14-17, 2020, in Korea.
A video of the BIOCOMP2018: The 14th Pacific Rim Bio-Based Composite Symposium can be viewed here.
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Now that the Washington State Building Code Council and International Code Council (ICC) have incorporated advances in cross-laminated timber (CLT) technology, a bipartisan group of state lawmakers are proposing to add the mass timber to a special business and occupation (B&O) tax rate for timber manufacturers.
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Washington State University
Washington State University researchers are working with a Port Angeles nonprofit organization to develop new housing materials from heat‑treated wood and recycled carbon fiber used in Boeing airplanes. Researchers from WSU's Composite Materials and Engineering Center (CMEC) are assisting the Composites Recycling Technology Center (CRTC) in Port Angeles to produce construction‑grade cross‑laminated timber.
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The Associated Press via St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Loggers in snowy forests are cutting down ash like there's no tomorrow, seeking to stay one step ahead of a fast-spreading beetle killing the tree in dozens of states.
The emerald ash borer has been chewing its way through trees from Maine to Colorado for about two decades, devastating a species prized for yielding a light-grained hardwood attractive enough for furniture and resilient enough for baseball bats. Many hard-hit areas are east of the Mississippi River and north of the Mason-Dixon Line. Some fear areas in the invasion zone like upstate New York might have only five to seven years of ash logging left.
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Construction Dive
The Milwaukee Common Council recently unanimously approved the rezoning for the 21-story Ascent residential tower, which will use mass timber in its construction. Developer New Land Enterprises, according to Urban Milwaukee, said construction could start as early as this fall, with an opening date of 2021, but the project still needs approval from the Department of Neighborhood Services, which has been consulting with the local fire department on mass timber safety issues. New Land said it has offered to make safety upgrades.
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Wonderful Engineering
Skyscraper developers all over the world are turning to timber materials for the construction of buildings. Development of a high rise building in Australia is the latest example of using timber. The tower is called the tallest timber structure. The wooden structure and glass give an aesthetic view from inside and outside as well.
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We Are The Mighty
Sticks and stones may break your bones, but they're also great building materials. And the Department of Defense is eyeing a return to stick-based construction in some places where it currently uses concrete and similar materials. Fire and blast tests have already gone well, and the Army is working with universities to test its performance against ballistic weapons.
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Vancouver is Awesome
Prefabricated homes are seeing a resurgence, and this is also true in British Columbia's laneway home sector.
Laneway homes — or coach houses, as they're also known — are seeing a surge in popularity as various municipalities have embraced the housing type as part of the gentle densification of single-family neighborhoods. But traditional construction of such "accessory dwelling units" can be costly, often logistically challenging, weather-dependent and offers no particular green credentials.
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