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GQ
When you think of wooden buildings, you likely think of log cabins or New England clapboard cottages. But thanks to new technologies like treatments for bamboo or cross-laminated "engineered" timber, wood is stronger, lighter, fireproof, and more practical than ever before — an alternative to environmentally problematic materials like steel and concrete. In London, for example, Murray Grove is a nine-story residential building built entirely of wood. Welcome to the era of wooden skyscrapers.
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FPS
The Forest Products Society (FPS) announced its program for the 71st International Convention (IC), June 26-28, 2017, to be held at Mississippi State University’s College of Forest Resources in Starkville, Mississippi.
In addition to research, the 2017 IC program will focus on practical topics from industry including forest products education, marketing and workforce development. Plenary speakers from Drax Biomass, Thomasson, Roy O. Martin and SPIB will share insights in these areas. Attendees will also learn about the latest research in critical areas such as biomass, nanomaterials, CLT, adhesives and wood quality.
Session Topics will include:
- State of Forest Products Research and Development in North America
- Reinventing and Reshoring Forest Products Manufacturing in America
- Forest Products Education and Strategic Development
- The Growth of the Global Veneer Based Plywood and Engineered Lumber Industry
- Paradigm Shifts in the North American Sawmill Industry
- Composite Materials: Reinventing Plywood/Veneer Markets
- ... and many others
The IC will take place near the campus of Mississippi State University and includes exhibits, a tour of MSU’s Department of Sustainable Bioproducts, a comprehensive student program and a poster competition.
For more information about the IC, including a full list of sessions, speakers, events, registration and sponsor information, please visit www.fpsconvention.org.
Building-Products.com
Market participants in the North American wood products market are once again cautiously optimistic as they look to 2017. This caution continues to pervade the wood products markets as uncertainty from the ongoing softwood lumber trade negotiations between the USA and Canada, the uneven U.S. housing recovery and the potential for further OSB restarts stifle optimism.
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Woodworking Network
Canadian logging giant Canfor Pulp has announced its developing the first ever commercial-scale biocrude oil plant. Biocrude is a synthetic fuel under investigation as a substitute for petroleum.
Canfor says the biocrude will be nearly indistinguishable from traditional crude oil.
"In the next few years we'll be announcing a project and building a real facility that will produce upwards of 400,000 barrels of oil a year," said Bret Robinson, president of Canfor Pulp.
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Remodeling
Here is a summary of what's in the Trump administration's proposed budget, released today, that is likely to be of greatest interest to the construction and lumber industries. Departments with programs that don't involve construction and lumber have been omitted.
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Biomass Magazine
Over the past few years, a number of states in the northeast U.S. have launched new programs that incentivize the market to switch from oil and propane heating to modern wood heating systems. Increasingly, modern wood heating is recognized as an effective strategy for measurably reducing the use of fossil fuels, while stimulating local economies and creating local markets for low-grade wood. Yet, there remains serious apprehension from state policy and rule makers about increasing wood heating due to concerns about air quality — specifically, particulate matter emissions. Fear of worsening air quality is a real barrier to expanding the region’s modern wood heating market.
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Woodworking Network
The EPA has issued a notice of its intent to publish in the Federal Register a further delay of the effective date of five EPA regulations, including the formaldehyde regulation, to May. The Composite Panel Association has released this information to the wood industry.
The new effective date for the EPA formaldehyde regulation will be extended from March 21 to May 22. The notice does not provide any indication at this time if the EPA will also adjust the formaldehyde regulation’s Dec. 12, 2017 compliance date.
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LBMJournal.com
The National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association recently urged LBM dealers to contact their congressional representatives to request support for Rep. Blake Farentholdm, R-Texas, in the introduction of the Innocent Sellers Fairness Act.
The bill has been introduced as a means to protect independent lumber and building material dealers from defects and failures in manufacturers’ products.
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Canadian Biomass
Wood pellet manufacturers in both the U.S. and Canada are increasingly diversifying their feedstock to reduce fibre costs and take advantage of less utilized fiber sources, according to analysis by Wood Resources International. The key fiber furnish in both countries are sawmill byproducts and forest residues, together accounting for over 80 percent of the total feedstock in British Columbia and almost 50 percent in the U.S. South.
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Thomson Reuters Foundation
The past month has seen a fierce international and academic debate flare again over the large-scale use of wood to produce energy, notably in Europe. When we agreed on forests and energy as the theme for this year’s International Day of Forests on March 21, we had no idea that there would be such a timely opportunity to share how forests and biomass can deliver crucial energy to support the livelihoods of billions of people, and at the same time provide major opportunities for our climate-smart future.
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Global Times
China has completely stopped commercial logging in forests, according to the State Forestry Administration (SFA). Prior to the nationwide ban for business purposes, China had banned all commercial logging in natural forests in key forest zones, including those in Northeast China's Jilin Province and North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in 2015, followed by a further prohibition of commercial logging in state-owned plantations in 2016, the China News Service reported.
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AL.com
A full-grown Southern pine beetle is still about half the length of a grain of rice, but state and federal forestry officials worry this tiny bug could have a monster impact this year on the state of Alabama's $11 billion wood products industry.
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