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The transition away from pressure-treating lumber with CCA begins at the end of the year. Depending on whom you talk to, CCA alternatives -- in particular, alkaline copper quat or ACQ -- either represent no change from CCA or are up to three times as corrosive as the arsenic-based chemical.
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The World Trade Organization (WTO) has preliminarily ruled that duties on imports of Canadian softwood lumber imposed by the U.S. Commerce Department are flawed and should be rescinded. A final ruling from the WTO is expected later this month.
We recently did something we rarely do: A previous contractor walked off a high-end project run by an architect/construction manager, so we sent a crew to complete the exterior framing, trim work, and siding. Bob Chew, CGR, CKD, is head of the R.W. Chew Group, a company that owns RemodelWright....
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A Commerce Department proposal for resolving the lumber trade dispute between the United States and Canada has brought the sides closer, but doubts remain about the likelihood of an agreement. The proposal calls for the United States to reduce duties on Canadian lumber as Canada gradually...
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I spread out my window and door purchases between two suppliers. In terms of materials and supplies, I give about 70% or 75% to a single lumber supplier, because he can serve our account very well.
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By Stephani L. Miller. Some groups have even said that the president's plan would hand over national wildernesses to the whims of lumber companies while it ignores the needs of communities along the edges of forests.However, some lumber companies, such as Weyerhaeuser, see little value in...
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Portland, Ore.-based building product giant LP has announced plans to divest itself of nearly half of its operations, citing a new growth strategy and the need to significantly reduce its $840 million debt. "The most significant assets to be divested are LP's 935,000 acres of timberlands in Texas...
The U.S. government issued duties on Canadian softwood imports averaging 29% in March, charging that our neighbor to the north subsidizes its industry to undercut American lumber's price.
On February 12 the EPA announced its voluntary decision, in cooperation with treatment manufacturers, to phase out the use of chromated copper arsenate (CCA) in lumber by December 31, 2003. CCA, currently the most commonly used wood preservative in the United States, has come under fire recently...
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By Iris Richmond. Jeffrey Prostor, president of Brookfield Homes, likes turning the tables. Photo: Dietrich Metal FramingTaciturn Tiles: This diagram represents the Dietrich Metal Framing floor joists that should keep Centex's homes squeak-free.