SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION

Carolinas and Tennessee Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association has supervisor workshops scheduled Aug. 22 aI|he Quality Inn Airport, Nashville, Tn., and Aug. 23 at the Royce Hotel. Charlotte. N.C.

Using the theme Professional Excellency Begins With Personal Excellency, the workshops are under the direction of Al Walker, a consultant with Al Walker & Associates.

The association's annual management summer conference was held at Grove Park Inn, Ashville, N.C., July 2629.

Kentucky Lumber & Building Material Dealer's Association is alerting members to the new Kentucky truck driver law requiring that companies maintain a separate file for each driver.

The law requires that a file contains an employment application, a medical certificatel a copy of the driver's record from Kentucky and any other state where he may have a driver's licensel an annual statement of violationsl an annual driving record review; previous employment inquiries and responses; road test and certification; written test and certification; a Regional Federal Highway Administration letter granting a waiver of physical disqualification certificate if applicable. Optional forms for the file are a copy of any company issued qualification cards and license and a copy of any certificates and awards issued by the employer to the driver.

Drivers who regularly travel less than 100 miles from their employment base are exempt. If a driver is not required to compile a log, he must have a time card. Compliance reviews will be held by the Department of Transportation with fines levied on those who fail to satisfy the law.

KLBMDA has truck decals which its members can display to show that they are association members.

Building Material Merchants Association (Georgia and Alabama) has moved its offices to Atlanta. Ga.. from Austell.

The new address is 42 Spring St., Suite 244, Atlanta 30303. The office can be reached by calling (404) 588-3660. Fax number is (404) 588-3659.

Virginia Building Material Association members attending the summer management conference Aug. l6-19 at the Ramada Oceanside Tower, Virginia Beach, will consider advertising, setting up a drug program and customer service during roundtable discussions.

Seminars will be presented by time management expert David L. Bailey Jr. and consultant/trainer Joe Brooks.

Mississippi Building Material Dealers Association held its summer meeting July 19-20 in Vicksburg, Ms. Those attending participated in a dinner cruise and tours of the Civil War battlefields.

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Loulshnr Bulldlng Mrterlrl Deelers Assoclrtlon members are celebrating the defeat in the Senate Judiciary "A" committee of H894, which they considered poorly worded.

George Kellett, Kellett Lumber: A. J. Harris, Baton Rouge Lumber; Charlie Blachier, Hill-Behan Lumbert William Oberhelman, attorney for Hill-Behan, and Bruce Farrell were among those testifying in opposition to the bill. Many other dealers made calls and wrote letters of opposition.

Florldr Lumber rnd Bulldlng Mrterlrl Derlers Assoclrtlon has mailed out registration forms lor the Sept. 20-22 70th annual convention and buying show at the Marriott World Center, Orlando. Fl.

Weatherman Willard Scott, basketball coach Bobby Knight and attorney lj. Lee Bailey will be headline speakers. Seminars will be offered by consultant llill Lee, financial planner Andrea l)rake and communicator Barbara Fingerman. llusiness sessions will also be held.

Lawrence E. "Larry" Peeno, vice president of Causeway Lumber Co., l'ort Lauderdale. will be installed as the 19909l president.

An active member for 18 years, he has served as District 7 director, secretary/treasurer, first vice president and president elect. He is the lourth Causeway employee to become president ol FLIIMDA, following in the footsteps of Gene Whiddon, David Ashe and Everette Cupit.

In addition to participating in golf and tennis tournaments, delegates will be entertained by Louise Mandrell at the closing dinner dance.

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Treated Wood Market Survey

The need for new products such as water repellent treated wood and better quality are part of a new treated wood industry study by Resource Information Systems, Inc.

"We found large interest in a truly water repellent product," said Bernard Fuller, Resource Information Systems. "Significantly, a large portion of builders and consumers expressed a willingness to pay more for such a product."

Results show that 650/o of the consumers surveyed would pay up to 250/o more for a water repellent product. Given the importance of the deck market in determining total treated demand, it is likely that a water repellent product, once accepted, will push out the non-repellent product, Fuller commented. It is unlikely that a retail lumber yard will want to stock two types of treated lumber, he said.

In all regions of the survey, treaters. builders. retailers and consumers emphasized the need to improve the overall quality of the lumber that is treated. Because the market has become heavily saturated with commodity grade material, "the future growth in treated markets will be tied to the development ofspecialty and added value products designed to appeal to an ever more sophisticated market concerned as much about the appearance of the product as its performance," Fuller concluded.

Preliminary forecasts call for an increase in consumption of treated wood for a little over 6 billion BF in 1989 to over 8 billion BF in 19921993 with more than 700/o consumed in the remodeling and repair markets. The West is expected to be a strong market followed by the North Central region and the South. Texas will be strong with Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas providing large growth opportunities after 1991.

Fuller cautioned that if consumer environmental concerns escalate, treated wood demand could be less than anticipated. "Effective communication to the public and especially to users of treated products is needed to show that treated lumber is not a threat to public health when properly used, but a friend ofconservation and the environment." he said. "A lack of success in convincing people of the merits and safety of the treated products will at least constrain the growth of treated lumber consumption and, in a worst case scenario, could easily result in a loss of many of the markets gained during the 1980s."

Trade Mission Visits Japan

The Wood Moulding & Millwork Producers Association will lead a trade mission to Japan in September to study the country's home building industry.

According to Bernard J. Tomasko, WMMPA executive vice president, the l0 to 14 day trip will include participation in the Japanese Home Show, September I l-14, 1990 in Tokyo, as well as visits to home building companies, mills and distributors of millwork products. A trade mission of three to eight people will staff the wMMPA booth at the show and visit the companies.