The Inside View House, now under construction with the USDA Forest Products Laboratory and the APA Engineered Wood Association by Beechen & Dill Homes, shows how OSB can be part of design plans to replace some joists and studs, among other wall and floor framing methods that save energy, speed installation, and reduce waste.

WholeTrees® Architecture & Structures, an emerging Madison, Wisconsin-based products and technology company, takes what would otherwise be forest waste and transforming it into a highly valued construction material.

The Southern Pine Inspection Bureau (SPIB) told theAmerican Lumber Standard Committee it needs more time to establish new design values for visually graded Southern Pine dimension lumber, postponing the adoption of new values.

The Southern Pine Inspection Bureau (SPIB) is working with the USDA Forest Products Laboratory to verify all data to establish new design values for visually graded Southern Pine dimension lumber, for final consideration by the American Lumber Standard Committee (ALSC) Board of Review.

Freezing maple wood bats to 310 degrees below zero makes them 25 percent stronger, says a team of inventors. A patent is sought for the cryogenic wood process. Major League Baseball is reviewing it as a way to stop maple from cracking, and to perform as safely as ash.