Woqd Ereservatron Standards

American Wood-Preservers' Association's 466-pg. 1999 Book of Standards now available.

All 96 of AWPA"s Standards for wood preservatives and for preservative treated wood products. CD-ROM version included with every order. Standards of interest to the building products industry revised in 1999:

C2-99 Lumber. Timber

C9-99 Plywood

C28-99 LaminatedMembers

M4-99 Care of Preservative Treated Wood

C20-99 & C2'7 -99 Fire Retardant Treated Lumber & Plywood

Introduced in 1999: the Use Category Sysrem for specifying treated wood. Most building construction applications will be Use Categories I and 2 (interior construction above ground), 3 (exterior construction above ground), and 4 (ground and fresh water contact). This simplified system will soon be the method of specifying treated wood.

$ I 8 I per copy, prepaid, sent by Priority Mail (98 I for AWPA Members). U.S. addresses only for foreign purchases add $15.

American Wood-Preservers' Association, P.O. Box 5690, Granbury, TX76049

Phone: (817) 326-6300, Fax: 817-326-6306, e-mail: awpa@itexas.net, website: www.awpa.com