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SBCA Adopts Lumber Design Value Engineering Policy, Sends Letter to ICC

Posted on May 10, 2012 in Building Codes, Engineering & Testing, Housing & Construction, Industry Announcements, Legislative and Raw Materials.

SBCA has drafted an engineering policy regarding the transition to lowered Southern Pine lumber design values effective June 1, 2012, and has sent a letter to the ICC requesting their plan of action.

HERS Rating Gaining Traction

Posted on May 7, 2012 in Building Codes, Engineering & Testing, Green Building and Housing & Construction.

Little used until just recently, the HERS rating system is gaining traction as the building industry’s equivalent of mpg.

SPIB's SYP Monitoring Data Requested

Posted on May 7, 2012 in Building Codes, Engineering & Testing, Industry Announcements, Legislative and Raw Materials.

SBCA has submitted a letter to ALSC requesting further information regarding Southern Pine lumber monitoring data previously collected by SPIB. 

AWC Releases Several Revised Standards

Posted on May 7, 2012 in Building Codes, Engineering & Testing, Housing & Construction and Raw Materials.

The American Wood Council (AWC) has revised several of its standards and design tools in response to upcoming changes to Southern Pine design values.

BC Plans Generation of Wood Highrises

Posted on April 30, 2012 in Building Codes, Engineering & Testing and Housing & Construction.

A new generation of highrise commercial and institutional wood buildings are planned for B.C. in the next couple of years.

SYP to SPF Equivalency Threatened

Posted on April 30, 2012 in Building Codes, Engineering & Testing, Housing & Construction and Raw Materials.

SFPA issued a notice to its members that Canadian Standards Association has issued a member ballot to remove SYP equivalency to SPF in response to SYP design value changes.

ALSC Defines Design Value Procedures

Posted on April 30, 2012 in Building Codes, Engineering & Testing, Housing & Construction, Legislative and Raw Materials.

On April 27, 2012, ALSC issued a memorandum containing a summary of a legal analysis of its procedures regarding evaluation of design values and other related matters. 

ALSC Supports MSU Study, Affirms SPIB Recommendations on Approval Track

Posted on April 30, 2012 in Building Codes, Engineering & Testing, Housing & Construction, Legislative and Raw Materials.

The ALSC Board of Review met on April 18, 2012, and appear to be in support of a proposed MSU study of regional variation in Southern Pine lumber properties. They also affirmed that SPIB's recommendations for design value changes will remain on the approval track.

What CMs can Learn From an Engineer’s Memo

Posted on April 16, 2012 in Building Codes, Engineering & Testing, Housing & Construction, Legislative and Raw Materials.

An engineer’s perspective on the Softwood Lumber Design Value reduction, and what CMs can learn from an engineer’s memo.

Nothing Tops this Truss?

Posted on April 16, 2012 in Engineering & Testing, Housing & Construction and Raw Materials.

There are log trusses and then, well, there's the 80-foot behemoth log truss recently handmade over a 10-week period by the blood, sweat and tears of two Deadwood Log Homes workers.