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FPS
On behalf of the Forest Products Society and The Forest Products Report, we would like to wish all of you a joyous and safe holiday season.
As we reflect on the past year, we would like to provide the subscribers with a look at the 10 most-read news stories. Your regular news publication will resume on Wednesday, Jan. 4.
Woodworking Network
From April 27: Property developer Lendlease says it has opened the first hotel in the country to be completely constructed using cross-laminated timber, the Candlewood Suites on Redstone Arsenal. The project, a partnership between the United States Army, Lendlease and IHG Army Hotels, used the same strong timber and panels that make possible the wood skyscrapers that have captured the interest of architects and builders around the world.
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Smithsonian Magazine
From Sept. 28: From the street, the new seven-story "T3" building going up in Minneapolis looks a lot like an old warehouse: large repeating windows and weathered steel sheathing the color of brick. But it's a revolutionary structure, and the irony is that its cutting-edge nature rests on an old-school material — wood. When T3 opens this month, it will be the tallest modern wooden building in the United States. And to hear the architect behind the tower tell it, T3 is the future of urban construction.
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Engineering News-Record
From Sept. 14: Mass timber-structure enthusiasts are calling results of recent flame-spread and fire-resistance tests on cross-laminated timber (CLT) panels important yet not surprising. The CLT, made by the first certified supplier of the panels in the U.S., came through the tests with flying colors.
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Woodworking Network
From April 20: The American Wood Council has released a revised 2015 Manual for Engineered Wood Construction, which contains design information for structural lumber, glued laminated timber, structural-use panels, cross-laminated timber, poles and piles, I-joists and structural composite lumber. The manual provides design information for structural applications of many wood-based products and their connections in accordance with requirements of the standards referenced. It also incorporates dual formats — providing design provisions for both allowable stress design and load and resistance factor design.
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Woodworking Network
From July 27: The scores have been tallied in determining the overall top states for doing business. But according to recent figures from the U.S. Department of Labor, that's not where you'll find the majority of woodworkers, nor the best paying jobs in the field. "America's Top States for Business 2016," compiled by CNBC, ranks the best work states, with the Top 10 in order of: Utah, Texas, Colorado, Minnesota, North Carolina, Washington, Michigan, Georgia, Iowa and Florida.
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Biomass Magazine
From Jan. 27: Serious and fatal accidents in a range of scenarios in Europe have sounded the alarm when it comes to pellet carbon monoxide offgassing and its potential hazards. As a result of these instances, pellet offgassing has become an issue of contention in the U.S., where the pellet heating industry is still in its infancy and research has brought forth varying conclusions regarding offgassing and its dangers.
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Biomass Magazine
From May 18: The U.S. Forest Service has announced more than $8.5 million to expand and accelerates technologies and strategies that promote the use of wood in heat and power generation, commercial construction and other wood product innovations that also benefit forest health.
Of 42 projects funded, 18 increase wood energy markets, and 24 are focused on expanding wood products markets. According released by the USDA and Forest Service, the projects address a wide ranges of issues, including replacing coal with torrefied wood at power plants, establishing district energy systems and identifying market opportunities for beetle-killed trees.
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Woodworking Network
From June 1: Full-scale, wood-based nanocellulose production at a California site could result if a feasibility study underway by the USDA's Forest Products Laboratory pans out. The Madison, Wisconsin, research arm of the U.S. Forest Service is working with local government officials in Yreka, California, along with area timber processors, on a project that could help turn small-diameter trees into high-tech products.
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Woodworking Network
From Oct. 12: Pushback rises on burning wood fiber in electric generating plants, as scientists and environmentalists question whether it is, indeed, carbon neutral.
A U.S. Senate committee is leaning toward labeling wood-fired power plants as carbon neutral. Panel manufacturers have complained in the past such actions would raise the cost of raw materials for wood products companies. The Energy Policy Modernization Act could become law within a few weeks. The bill is in the reconciliation process with a Congressional version. Senators from states heavily forested states, including Maine and Oregon, support the move.
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Woodworking Network
From Oct. 7: The U.S. Lumber Coalition is welcoming a letter from 41 United States House Representatives supporting efforts to negotiate a new, stable, and sustainable Softwood Lumber Agreement to offset unfair Canadian lumber trade practices. The letter states that border measures against subsidized and unfairly traded lumber imports are critical for the U.S. lumber industry because Canadian timber is heavily subsidized and sold or contracted at pennies on the dollar compared to the free market, competitive pricing of U.S. timber of comparable quality.
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