Hoo-Hoo Convention In Gear

Lumber industry fraternity Hoo-Hoo International is revving up for its l06th annual convention in the Motor City.

Set for Aug. 9-13 at the Ritz Carlton, Dearborn, Mi., the event will include business meetings, a jurisdictional competition, initiation of officers and banquets, as well as golf, a dinner cruise on the Detroit River, dinner at the historic Eagle Tavern, and tours of Greenfield Village, Henry Ford Museum and the renowned Ford Mansion, Fair Lane.

Metrics For Building Materials

Several counties in California are now requiring all new housing site plans to be plotted in metric measurements or are in the process of metricating their public works departments. Further metrication of other building and safety permit requirements is expected in the next two years.

The arrival of metrication to your markets brings several questions:

(Q) How will metrication change the dimensions of such products as plywood, concrete block, drywall, and suspended ceiling and raised flooring systems?

(A) The dimensions of these products will change to fit into a 100mm module.

(Q) What about cabinets, trusses, ductwork, commercial doors and windows, concrete work and other products that are fabricated or formed for each job?

(A) Products such as these usually can be easily manufactured in inch-pound or metric sizes.

(Q) What about products that are cut to fit fbr each job, such as framing lumber, trim, siding and structural steel?

(A) These products can be simply relabeled to reflect metric units. This also applies to products that are not dimensionally sensitive, such as fasteners, hardware, electrical components and plumbing fixtures.

(Q) What will the changes be for 2x4 studs and other "2-by" wood and metal framing members?

(A) The only change will be in spacing, from l6" to 400mm and 24" to 600mm, otherwise, all framing member cross sections will remain the same.

Since "2-bys" are manufactured in "soft" fractional inch dimensions, there isn't any need to convert them into new, rounded "hard" metric dimensions. Lastly, it is more than likely that 2x4s will continue to be labeled with their traditional name.

(Q) What about plywood, OSB, particleboard, drywall and related sheet products?

(A) The widths will change for these products from 4'0" to 1200mm. The heights will change from 8'0" to 2400mm and from 10'0" to 3000mm. All thicknesses, however, will remain the same, eliminating the recalculation of fire, acoustic and thermal ratings.

(Q) What will the changes be fbr batt insulation?

(A) There will not be any changes for batts, however, they might be relabeled to include nominal metric widths. Everything else will stay the same.

(Q) How will doors change?

(A) Door heights will change from 6'8" to 2050mm or 2100mm and from 7'0" to 2l00mm. Widths will change from 2'6" to 750mm, 2'8" to 800mm, 2'10" to 850mm, 3'0" to 900mm or 950mm, and 3'4" to l000mm.

Door thicknesses, materials and hardware will remain the same; however, commercial doors and door frames can be ordered in any size since they are usually custom-fit for each job.

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Jerry Taylor has been named gen. sales mgr., Atlantic region for Willamette Industries, Rock Hill, S.C. Clayton Barns, sales mgr. for plywood, OSB, and lumber, Ruston, La., has added export sales to his responsibilities.

Tony Butler is in charge of particleboard sales.

Terry Hunt is now store mgr. of Lowe's, Myrtle Beach, S.C.

Robert B. Holland, Jr. and Delynn Roberds were elected directors of the T.H. Rogers Lumber Co., Edmond, ok.

Scott Ramminger was appointed president and c.e.o. of the American Wood Preservers Institute, Fairfax, Va.

Matt Freeman is now sales & marketing mgr. for the wholesale distribution division of Timber Tech. San Antonio. Tx.

Faye Wilson was named senior v.p. of value initiatives at Home Depot.

Wayne Gibson is v.p. of imports and logistics, succeeding Terry Smith, who has left the company.

Donald J. Hoye is slated to be the next president and c.e.o. of TruServ in Jan. Current president and c.e.o. Paul Pentz will become co-c.e.o. before he retires in Feb., while Dan Cotter will remain chairman/c.e.o. until his Dec. 1999 retirement.

Timothy Jarvis is now mgr. of 84 Lumber, Nicholasville, Ky. New mgr. trainees include Matt Archer, Versailles, Ky., and Dewayne Peak, Sevierville, Tn. Rod and Matt Lott, ex-Ervac, Inc., have opened Double L Industries, a Tyrone, Ga.-based distribution and remanut'acturing facility. Larry Van De Burg has joined them.

Byron L. Hansen was appointed director of Distribution Management Systems, lnc.'s new electronic commerce department.

Richard A. Kleiner is a new marketing mgr. for Southern Forest Products Association, New Orleans, La.

Dave Tompkins is customer products mgr. for Bruce Hardwood Floors, Dallas, Tx.

Paul Hughes was named v.p. of operations for Hager Cos., Montgomery, Al. Jack E. Abato is v.p. of operations for the Oxford, Al., manufacturing facility.

Matt Meinerding is the new retail program director fbr Do it Best Corp.

Dominic Gammiero was named executive v.p. and c.e.o. of Noranda Forest Inc.

Ned Guilbeau, Lafayette Wood-Works, Lafayette, La., was elected to the Customer Advisory Council for WoodWare Systems, Memphis, Tn. Returning members include Toni Stewart, Davidson, Inc., Lake Charles, La.; Jim Darling, Merit Millwork, Tomball, Tx., and George Buzard, Gates Lumber Co., Memphis, Tn., chairman fbr the coming year.

Millard Barren is the new president and c.e.o. of Payless Cashways, replacing interim c.e.o. Donald Roller, who continues on lhe board.

David A, Utterback, ex-Western Wood Products Association, is the new field services representative for California Redwood Association's new office in Kansas City, Mo.

Lora Kellogg, director of advertising, Scotty's, Winter Haven, Fl., was named a Young Retailer of the Year for 1998.

Beth Feenan has been named public relations coordinator tbr Hyster Co.

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Todd A. Herzog, Accu-Router, Morrison, Tn., was elected president of the Wood Machinery Manufacturers of America. Kerry Barlow, Fletcher Machine Co., Lexington, N.C., was elected a board member. Charles "Charlie" R. Onsrud, C.R. Onsrud, Troutman, N.C., was awarded the Ralph B. Baldwin Award of Excellence.

John Brunett has been appointed president of Simonton Windows, succeeding Charlene W. "Charlie" Crooks. now with Simonton's parent, SBR, Inc., overseeing new business acquisitions. Dave Jagdmann is national sales mgr. Howard Jung, owner, Ace Hardware, Raleigh, N.C., was elected chairman of the board for the co-op.

Marlin Fitzwater, former press secretary for Presidents Reagan and Bush, will be the keynote speaker for The North American Building Material Distribution Association's 47th annual convention Nov. l2-14 in Chicago.

Virginia and Barnett Phillips, Phillips Lumber Co., Canton, Ms., celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary May 30.

Warren Peese is compiling aggressive new training manuals for MungusFungus Forest Products, Climax, Nv., according to owners Hugh Mungus and Freddy Fungus.

Most Producers Are Wired

About 69% of home products manufacturers have a site on the World Wide Web, according to a survey of 238 manufacturers at a recent Ace Hardware convention.

Companies use their sites for a variety of functions from generating awareness to putting products in consumers' hands. The most popular uses are providing product information/ specifications (52Vo), how-to informarion (35V0\, and an on-line version of the company catalog (32Vo).

To build traffic, 22Vo promote their Web site through print media advertising, l5%o include the URL address on promotional and packaging materials and corporate stationery, I5Vo advertise on and link with other Web sites, and l4Vo use direct mail.

Sell Redwood Electronically

California Redwood Association is setting up a product locator database on its Web site (www.calredwood.org) to help end-users looking for local sources for redwood lumber and specialty products.

Stocking wholesalers, retailers and specialty manufacturers (furniture, planters, architectural millwork, etc.) of redwood are invited to be listed.

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