by Working Forest | Jan 27, 2020 | Archives
Last June, Sidewalk Labs announced a plan to design the world’s first all-timber high-rise neighbourhood, located on Toronto’s eastern waterfront. Of course, building with timber is not a new idea — people have been doing it since at least the Neolithic Age. Yet...
by Working Forest | Jan 27, 2020 | Archives
Vancouver, B.C.– The BC Council of Forest Industries (COFI) has announced that it is now accepting applications for the 2020 Forestry Scholarship. Each year, twelve $1500 entrance scholarships are awarded to students pursuing post-secondary education or training in...
by Working Forest | Jan 27, 2020 | Archives
CBC NEWS — Alberta will allow construction of 12-storey buildings using engineered wood beginning this spring in advance of the new National Building Code that will be published later this year. The announcement was made in Edmonton Friday by Alberta Municipal...
by Working Forest | Jan 23, 2020 | Archives
STANFORD UNIVERSITY -If you indulge in truffles, or porcini and chanterelle mushrooms, you have enjoyed a product of ectomycorrhizal fungi. Forming symbiotic relationships with plants – including pine, birch, oak and willow tree species – these fungi have...
by Working Forest | Jan 23, 2020 | Archives
CHICAGO — With a focus on creating connections to empower the success of its global network of distributors and customers, Komatsu will debut several product and technology advancements to support the construction, waste, forestry, energy and aggregates industries at...
by Working Forest | Jan 23, 2020 | Archives
Wood raw-material costs for the world’s pulp manufacturers have fallen the past year with the biggest decreases for wood chips and pulplogs occurring in Europe, reports the WRQ. Softwood pulplog prices fell in the key markets of Europe in the fall of 2019. This price...
