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Author: Lauren
Monthly Update: December 2017
SLB Supports Additional Blast-Resistant Testing to Open New Market for Mass Timber
Wood products have historically been underrepresented in the U.S. Department of Defense construction market because of misconceptions regarding wood’s performance in blast conditions. Working with USDA Forest Products Laboratory, the Softwood Lumber Board (SLB) is tackling these misperceptions head-on to prove wood’s performance and open up a new market for wood products worth upwards of… Read more »
Monthly Update: November 2017
Monthly Update: October 2017
New Report Asserts Softwood Lumber’s Economic Impacts
A new report by Forest Economic Advisors (FEA), commissioned by the Softwood Lumber Board (SLB), highlights the importance of softwood lumber manufacturing to the U.S. economy and, in particular, the health of rural communities. Through both direct manufacture and via downstream industries that use softwood lumber as a primary input, FEA estimates that 775,674 jobs,… Read more »