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Northeastern Retail Lumber Association has selected Old Quebec as the site of its upcoming annual meeting.

Highlights of the Oct. l7-18 event at the Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac, Quebec City, include a tour of PLC Wood Components' panelization plant, a cruise on the St. Lawrence River, and annual installation dinner honoring outgoing chairman Mark Jaffe. Friend Lumber. Hudson. N.H.. and Burlington, Ma., and welcoming his successor, Sam Collins, S.W. Collins Co., Caribou, Me.

NRLA's Northeastern Young Lumber Execs will hold a board meeting Sept. 26 at Boston Cedar, Avon, Ma.

Indiana Lumber & Builders' Supply Association will present a series of seminars through October in Indianapolis, In.

Topics include sales techniques & strategies Oct. l, blueprint reading

Oct.2O, small project estimating Oct. 21 , and residential framing lumber estimating Oct.22-24.

Southern Building Material Association will hold its fall board & member meeting Oct. l5-16 in Franklin, Tn.

Construction Suppliers' Association is staging a dealer roundtable Oct. 26-28, hosted by Daniel Lumber, Savannah, Ga.

Ohio Lumbermen's Association is sponsoring a large dealer roundtable Sept. 18-19 at Galehouse Lumber Co., Doylestown, Oh.

National Sash & Door Jobbers Association has a new name: the Association of Millwork Distributors, better reflecting its membership and changes in the industry. The change will be officially announced Oct. 15 during its convention in Orlando, Fl.

CHPI Expands Panel Plant

Today's new design emphasis on wood interiors and components has prompted the addition of a sixth production line at Chesapeake Hardwood Products, Inc., Chesapeake, Va.

A 120,000-sq. ft. plant-withina-plant has been built to accommodate the state-of-the-art lay up of domestic real hardwood veneers over a variety of core substrates in thickness from5/32" through 1".

Lay up of standard hardwood plywood, ungrooved "library" panels and grooved "cottage beadboards" was previously produced by CHPI only at its plant in Hancock, Vt., with the finishing operation at the headquarter plant in Chesapeake. CHPI projects that the Chesapeake facility now will be able to produce 15,000 panels daily on a three-shift basis.

This three-fold increase in hardwood plywood capacity will allow for expansion of UV Diamondized finished and unfinished panel sales into the industrial and building products segments.

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Blast Rocks Composite Plant

Authorities are investigating an explosion at U.S. Plastic Lumber Corp.'s composite decking plant in Ocala. Fl.. that killed one worker and injured another.

Reportedly, the apparent gas explosion occurred about 8:30 a.m. Aug. 18 when an outdoor wood dryer system started up. Killed was Scott Stokes, 34, who was standing less than 10 feet away from the unit. Michael Day,26, who was about 30 feet away, suffered minor injuries and was treated for smoke inhalation.

About 50 employees were evacuated after the blast, which shook buildings up to two miles away.

Boca Raton, Fl.-based USPL expected the facility to be closed one to two weeks to investigate the accident and make repairs. Damage was confined to an outdoor area for drying recycled wood, which is used for composite decking. Other product lines manufactured at the plant were unaffected.

New Council Backs CCA

The three major manufacturers of CCA have formed a new organization to continue supporting and participat-

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. Redwood

Hem-Fir. Douglas Fir

Pine. White Fir

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Alder ing in the sound scientific analysis of treated wood.

Founded on the belief that CCA treated wood is safe when used as recommended, the Mount Vernon, Va.based Wood Preservative Science Council will consult with the nation's leading experts in the fields of environmental science, epidemiology, risk assessment, and toxicology and issue scientific reports, which are available at www. woodpreservativescience.org.

Jim Hale is executive director.

Alliance Seeks Mold Answers

The USDA Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) and the APA have formed a Residential Moisture Management Network to provide clear, consistent mositure management recommendations based on the most current practices and research that lead to homes free of mold.

Initially, the allinace of industries and govemment agencies will identify and index what each participant is doing to research, educate and communicate programs, and post the information on APA's Web site (www. apa.org).

Information sharing among groups whose products are used extensively

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The network is part of a larger research coordination effort of the FPL Advanced Housing Research Center. "In addition to moisture research, there are many other housing-related research projects ongoing at universities, private labs and government agencies," said Mike Ritter, assistant director, FPL. "Our Advanced Housing Research Center acts as a conduit to help coordinate these efforts and avoid the potential for duplication."

UFPI, Deck Installer Team Up

Universal Forest Products, Grand Rapids, Mi., has initiated a new program with Deck USA to sell and install its decking products throughout Home Depots nationwide.

In areas where Universal has installed sales agreements with Depot, USA Deck will manufacture. market. sell and install its Designer Deck. The program was successfully launched at Home Depots in Atlanta, Ga., and will be expanded to other regions.

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