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The Forest Products www.softwoodbuyer.com Vol. 28 No.4 The Softwood Industryʼs Only Newspaper...Now Reaching 39,725 firms (20,000 per issue) July/August 2013 Pacific Coast Welcomes Annual Builders Conference Photos By Teresa Fae San Diego, Calif.–Launched in 1959 as the Pacific Coast Builders Conference, tects, investors and PCBC brings together the housing industryʼs leading builders, developers, archi- product manufactur- ers for a two-day con- ference, product display and business exchange. This year, the San Diego Con- vention Center hosted the heavily at- tended event. In addition to hun- dreds of exhibitor booths that attendees Lance De Vol and Heath Staf, Boise Cascade, Boise, Idaho could peruse, also available were various informational sessions. Keynote guest addresses were pro- vided by two noted speakers. First, Richard Florida, a senior editor with The Atlantic, which covers urban design, transit, planning, jobs, housing and lifestyles internation- ally, offered his insight. Florida has championed what he refers to as the “creative class,” which he believes will invigorate cities rather than make an appeal to major Tom Scott, Brian Hurdle and Kevin Paldino, The Collins Companies, Portland, Ore. Additional photos on pages 10 & 12 Continued on page 25 NAWLA Leadership Conference SFPA Annual Meeting Hosts Expo University Addresses Lumber’s Path To Recovery Photos By Terry Miller Photos By Terry Miller Atlanta, Ga.–The Omni Hotel at CNN Palm Harbor, Fla.–“Big Ideas. Bold Impact. Big Thinking.” That was the title for Center, located here, the North recently hosted the an- American nual meeting of the Wholesale Southern Forest Prod- Lumber ucts Association Associa- (SFPA), which was at- tionʼs tended by 55 dele- (NAWLA) gates. The Leadership associationʼs Board of Conference, Directors met during held here re- the first day of the cently at the four-day event to dis- (Front row, from left) Cathy Kaake, Southern Forest Products Associa- Innisbrook cuss routine business tion (SFPA), Kenner, La.; Ethel and Tom Rice, Conner Industries Inc., Ft. Worth, Texas; and Tami Kessler, SFPA; (back row, from left) Kent and Nancy Beveridge, Skana Forest Products Ltd., Richmond, B.C.; David Destiche, Golf Resort associated with the Richard Wallace, Stephen Conwell and Richard Kleiner, SFPA Amerhart Ltd., Sun Prairie, Wis.; KayCee Hallstrom, Zip-O-Log Mills Inc., Eugene, Ore.; & Spa. The SFPA. Josh Goodman, Sherwood Lumber Corp., Islandia, N.Y.; Laura Ebersberger, Universal Forest Products Purchasing Inc., Union City, Ga.; and Alden Robbins, Robbins Lumber meeting was General Session presentations included guest speakers Kathy Abusow, with the Inc., Searsmont, Maine promoted by Additional photos on pages 12, 14 & 16 Continued on page 25 Additional photos on page 18 Continued on page 25 Crossroads Of Lumber Supply And Distribution: The 2013 NAWLA Traders Market® 13th Big Buyers Issue Features Key Suppliers Thousands of wholesalers, stocking distributors and remanufacturing firms will receive The Softwood Buyerʼs 13th annual NAWLA Traders Market® Issue. Be part of this edition by advertising in this special issue of The Softwood Buyer, which taps into the multi-billion-dollar market for Softwood forest products. In the 13th annual NAWLA Traders Market® Issue reach thousands of sawmills, panel producers and engineered wood products manufac- turers. The NAWLA special issue containing your ad will also be distributed at the Traders Market®, which is slated for Oct. 23-25 at The Mirage Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nev. The NAWLA Traders Market® has become one of the Address Service Requested Service Address largest, most successful events of the year, featuring hun- PERMIT NO. 781 NO. PERMIT dreds of exhibiting companies and more than 2,000 atten- NASHVILLE, TN NASHVILLE, Memphis, TN 38184-0908 TN Memphis, dees. For 17 years, the NAWLA Traders Market has U.S. POSTAGE PAID POSTAGE U.S. provided the lumber industry with incredible value. The P.O. Box 34908 Box P.O. PRSRT STD Traders Market is the crossroads of lumber supply and distribution, bringing to- The Softwood Buyer Softwood The Continued on page 26 ANSI/APA PRS 610.1-2013 Standard for Who’s Who Structural Insulated Panels Approved in Softwoods For more APA News and Information, go to www.apawood.org The ANSI/APA PRS 610.1 Standard for Performance-Rated Structural Insulated Panels in Wall Applications was approved by the American National Standards Insti- tute (ANSI) recently, culminating years of work that started Scott Boates is general manager/sales manager at Teal Cedar with the first committee meeting in October 2007 and included Products, located in Surrey, B.C. five official committee ballots. Working with APA members and Teal Cedar Products offers Western Red Cedar shakes and shin- the Structural Insulated Panel Association (SIPA), APA is the gles and manufactures a full spectrum of roofing and siding mate- ANSI-accredited standards developer rial. and secretariat for this standard. The Boates started his career in the forest products industry 20 years completion of ANSI/APA PRS 610.1 ago and has been employed at Teal Cedar Products that same represents a cornerstone for the SIP in- length of time. He began his career as a Cedar shake packer and dustry, which uses wood structural pan- progressed to logging and retail lumber sales positions. els as the SIP facing. The standard Boates graduated from the British Columbia Institute of Technol- defines SIPs as structural sandwich ogy in Burnaby, B.C., after completing his studies at Nakusp Sec- panels consisting of a foam plastic insulation core bonded di- SCOTT BOATES ondary School in Nakusp, B.C. Continued on page 9 rectly between structural facings made of wood structural pan- els. In 2008, APA successfully added SIP provisions into the SIPSF1 2009 International Residential Code (IRC) with the support Monte Adam Acquistapace represents Siskiyou Forest Prod- from the USDA Forest Products Laboratory, SIPA, and National Association of Home ucts as a lumber salesman in Anderson, Calif. Builders (NAHB) and with the understanding that a national consensus product stan- Siskiyou Forest Products manufactures a variety of products, in- dard would be eventually developed and published for SIPs. The standard, when cluding Reserve Premium Trim and engineered lumber products. published, will be available for free download at the APA website The company also handles Redwood, Western Red Cedar, In- (www.apawood.org). For more information, contact: [email protected]. cense Cedar and alder. Continued on page 26 Acquistapace has been associated with Siskiyou Forest Products for approximately 16 years and he has been handling sales for the past 15 years. He is a graduate of Weed High School in The Lumber Industry’s Uniting Bond Weed, Calif., and earned an associate arts degree from the Col- lege of the Siskiyous, also located in Weed. During his leisure time, he enjoys fishing, Continued on page 24 MONTE A. By Gary Vitale ACQUISTAPACE President/CEO North American Wholesale Lumber Association (NAWLA) Burt Davis is sales coordinator for Hutchison Lumber & Build- Rolling Meadows, Ill. ing Products, located in Manchester, Iowa. In his position, Davis www.nawla.org handles lumber purchasing, lumber sales, and also coordinates the remanufacturing process. Iʼm especially proud of the lumber industry this week. As I write this, I am in Seaside Hutchison Lumber and Building Products handles 16.5 million Heights, N.J., for the unveiling of dozens of wood benches rebuilt on the boardwalk board feet per year of SPF, Douglas Fir, Red Pine, Ponderosa under the sponsorship of NAWLA and with lumber donated by Cox Lumber. Miles of Pine, and Engelmann Spruce/Lodgepole Pine (No. 2, Select the beach and boardwalk areas were destroyed by Hurricane Sandy last year and Structural, Economy, No. 3, 2x4 through 2x12, KD and HT). bringing the region back to life has been a long, difficult task. The company offers ʻjust in time distributionʼ and also runs an in- Iʼm grateful to be part of an industry that has been heavily in- dustrial remanufacturing center. volved in making it possible. Davis is a 1981 graduate of Edgewood-Colesburg High School, Itʼs not surprising. The service Iʼve seen on the Jersey shore is BURT DAVIS Edgewood, Iowa, and a graduate of Luther Continued on page 9 typical of the actions that form a unique bond among us in the lumber industry. Iʼm very proud of our partners who have been involved in works of compassion across the continent for many Dennis Ebel is a sales representative for Bitterroot Valley For- years. est Products, located in Missoula, Mont. His duties also include Now this bond is extending to the next generation of leader- the purchase of inventory items for remanufacturing. ship. I was encouraged earlier this year when I had the privi- Bitterroot Valley Forest Products offers 19 million board feet of lege of visiting NAWLAʼs Education Foundation workshop with lumber per year. Species include Engelmann Spruce/Lodgepole 26 students, a hands-on approach to learning about the lumber GARY VITALE Pine lumber, Ponderosa Pine/Lodgepole Pine, Doug Fir Larch, as and wood products industry. The desire of many of the next well as Cedar, in No. 2 and No. 3 Common, Select, and No. 2 generation to be educated and to be involved in the lumber industry is heartening, Common and Better in dimension product. Other items offered in- and it is one sign of the resiliency and the new vision in our camp. clude: Ghostwood™, Epex Trim™, all Western Wood Products At NAWLA, we are heavily involved in the education of tomorrowʼs leaders. Whether Association patterns, timber sidings, ceiling decking, furring strips, through fundamental tutorials, a focus on the issues of the day or an in-depth study of Doug Fir circle sawn flooring, blue Pine paneling, bevel siding, log Continued on page 27 home products, D-log, log accents, railing Continued on page 24 DENNIS EBEL News from the Softwood Lumber Board Bill Fisher is president and CEO of Stringfellow Lumber Com- pany LLC, Birmingham, Ala.