WASHINGTON – American Wood Council (AWC) President and CEO Robert Glowinski issued the following statement regarding the recognition of wood products under the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) BioPreferred Program going into effect. The 2014 Farm Bill states that forest products, previously considered to be ineligible because they were “mature market,” are now eligible...
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American Wood Council statement on USDA’s bio-based final use rule
WASHINGTON – American Wood Council (AWC) President and CEO Robert Glowinski has issued a statement regarding the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Friday release of a final rule on the BioPreferred program. Among other changes, the new rule deletes the mature market language from the regulation. The 2014 Farm Bill includes language on the Biobased Program that explicitly...
Course examines design of 2-story wood structure for high wind, seismic & snow loads
American Wood Council and Virginia Tech Continuing and Professional Education are sponsoring a course in the design of a 2-story wood structure for high wind, seismic, and snow loads. This course, to be held September 24-26 at the campus in Roanoke, Va., is based on the 2012 WFCM which is a referenced standard in...