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 »
Category: Newsflash
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 »
SLB’s Impact to Expand Markets
Expanding markets is central to the Softwood Lumber Board’s (SLB’s) mission, as new and larger markets create increased softwood lumber demand and consumption and increased revenue for producers and manufacturers. After weathering the financial and housing crises of the 2000s, American markets across all construction segments are crossing the threshold of recovery, and this is… Read more »
Lifting Lumber Sales—and Your Business with 2.59 Billion Board Feet of New Demand
Lumber is an integral part of both your business and how America builds housing. The Softwood Lumber Board (SLB) works tirelessly to make it more than that. The SLB is working to make wood not only the dominant structural material for single-family housing and the preferred material for outdoor applications like decking, but also an… Read more »
SLB Partners on New Report Which Provides Fire-Rated Solutions for Mass Timber Connection Assemblies
Arup, D.R. Johnson, MyTiCon and the Softwood Lumber Board partnered to complete three full-scale fire tests for glulam beam to column connectors. The fire tests were loaded to simulate typical building conditions. The testing is a significant milestone for the industry for a few key reasons: All connectors passed and achieved at least a 1-hour fire… Read more »
SLB Funded Research Opens New Opportunities for Wood
With support from the Softwood Lumber Board (SLB) together with Arup, with support from MyTiCon, and DR Johnson, recently completed three successful fire tests on one-hour glulam beam to column connectors, adding to the evidence base that proves that mass timber construction is a fire-safe alternative in mid-rise construction. The tests were undertaken to demonstrate that the… Read more »
Call for Nominations – Softwood Lumber Board Seeks Candidates
The Softwood Lumber Board (SLB) seeks nominations of softwood lumber manufacturers and importers interested in candidacy for Board seats coming open in January 2018. The deadline for nominations is March 13th, 2017. NOTE: The nomination process for this year’s election is now closed. A similar process will be followed for seats coming open in January 2019. The 19-member… Read more »