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Western Wood heservers Institute has developed a new identification program to help dealers, contractors and building code officials recognize and distinguish treated products under the American Lumber Standard Committee treated wood program.

Treated Wood locating the accredited agency's logo on teated wood stamps or end tags. The treating industry also produces products that do not r€quire ALSC oversight, such as landscape timbers for non-structural applications and decking products that carry their own manufacturer warranty.

In order to comply with the Uniform Building Code, treated wood must be marked with an AlSC-accredited agency's quality stamp or end tag. In the West, five agencies are ALSC authorized to inspect treated wood. Each agency has its own unique mark that it places in a different position within stamps or tags, making it sometimes difficult to recognize or locate.

In addition, due to the absence of a single, universally recognized mark,

Prefab Housing Growth

Worldwide demand for prefabricated housing is projected to increase 2.2Vo annually through 2AO2 b l.l million units worth $63 billion, according to the Freedonia Group.

The U.S. and Japan, which provided overT0Vo of 1997 demand, will continue to dominate the market, although despite faster growth in other regions.

the market regularly accepts material with invalid quality stamps or material that does not meet AWPA standards.

To help clari$ the situation, WWPI has introduced the CheckMark Identification Program, providing a noticeable checkmark for quickly

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