by Web Editor | Apr 13, 2016 | News
This week, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced it is encouraging more responsibly sourced building materials by giving credit for wood from American Tree Farm System (ATFS) certified forests, and other credible forest certification systems such as the...
by Web Editor | Sep 23, 2015 | News
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, in partnership with the Softwood Lumber Board and the Binational Softwood Lumber Council, recently announced the winners of the U.S. Tall Wood Building Prize Competition. The two winning development teams were granted a...
by Web Editor | Sep 2, 2015 | News
Timber’s Transformation: An Old Building Material Is Reborn We ask: If the 19th century modern building material technology was associated with steel and the 20th century with concrete, could the 21st be the century of “MCT,” mass construction timber? Wood, one of the...
by Web Editor | Apr 24, 2015 | News
Study: Wooden Buildings Are Cheaper And Cleaner Although it may seem counter-intuitive, it would be better if we built buildings from wood than from concrete, brick, aluminum and steel. We use millions of tons of these modern materials every year. They have many...
by Web Editor | Jun 4, 2014 | News
Home construction in California is on the upswing as the housing market slowly recovers from the dramatic downturn of the recession that saw home prices and new construction plummet. Going hand in hand with the increase in home building is the demand for lumber for...