by Web Editor | Jun 11, 2012 | News
Among the many apartment buildings in the London borough of Hackney, the nine-story structure on the corner of Provost Street and Murray Grove stands out, its exterior a mix of white and gray tiles rather than the usual brick. But it’s what’s underneath this cladding...
by Web Editor | Jun 8, 2012 | News
It is not every day Sierra Forest Products sees logs like it saw last week — logs that had been preserved under water for the past 100 years. Cut up were two truck loads of sinker logs, logs that sink to the bottom of timber ponds, that have sat at the bottom of...
by Web Editor | Jun 6, 2012 | News
During this first half of 2012, some faint glimmers of hope have appeared for the recovery of home construction markets, perhaps in the not-too-distant future. Building permits are up one month, down a bit the next. Indexes measuring builder confidence have reached a...
by Web Editor | Jun 4, 2012 | News
There is good news on lumber exports for B.C. Minister of Jobs, Tourism and Innovation Pat Bell tells Opinion 250, “China is still looking very good. The first quarter figures show we are up. The last month was a little softer, we were only up 15% and the earlier...
by Web Editor | Jun 1, 2012 | News
Investigators are trying to determine the cause of an unwieldy blaze that tore through a lumber mill in southern British Columbia, the third mill fire the province has seen this year. Huge flames lit up the sky above Absolute Lumber Products mill in Abbotsford, B.C....
by Web Editor | May 30, 2012 | News
WorkSafeBC recently warned forest companies the ignition sources for two fatal sawmill explosions took place in “contained areas” housing electrical and mechanical equipment in the basement or lower levels of the two mills. The regulatory agency has asked...
