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fNCREASING sales of glued lamiInated timbers and other engineered wood products depends heavily on knowledgeable, prepared sales people and customers. Most suppliers offer free brochures and specification guides for their particular products. As well, industry associations produce a wide range of literature at little or no charge. Addresses, phone numbers and fax numbers of sources are listed in the box below.

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"Data File: Substitution of Glulam Beams for Steel & Solid-Sawn Lumber" . $1 from American Wood Systems.

EWP Library: Free or inexpensive resources available to help sell glulams and other engineered wood products.

"Glulams in Residential Construction" . Details residential glulam applications such as headers and ridge beams $2 from American Wood Systems.

"Case Study: Glued-Laminated Timber" 8-pB. Illustrates how southern pine glued laminated timber can be a cost-effective, time-saving, code-conforming and aesthetically pleasing way to design and build all types of nonresidential buildings, plus timber bridges . Available from Southern Forest Products Association.

"Structural Glued Laminated

Timber Pitched and Tapered Curved Beams of Southern Pine" . 6 pg. Details the advantages and uses of symmetrical and unsymmetrical PTC beams . Free from American Institute of Timber Construction.

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"Data File: Glued Laminated Beam Design Tables for Western Species" . $2 from American Wood Systems.

"Engineered Glued Laminated Timber for Commercial, Residential & Industrial Uses" . 20 pg. Covers glulam uses, advantages, beam design values, beam span tables, column design values, arch span tables, beam and arch connections, design conversion tables, architectural specifications . Free from American Institute of Timber Construction.

"Laminated Timber Design Guide" . 36 pg. . Explains the advantages of engineered timber, including arches, beam tables (cantilever, western species, southern pine), column design, connection details, conversion tables (glulam), decking, design aids and values, quality control, section properties, specifications, standard sizes Free from American Institute of Timber Construction.

"Product & Application Guide: Glulams" . Describes APA EWS trademarked engineered wood products and typical applications, glulam specification guide, information on fire resistant construction . $2 from American Wood Systems.

"Southern Pine Headers & Beams" . 36-p9.. Provides size selection and allowable load tables for southern pine lumber and glued laminated timber headers and beams Free from Southern Pine Council.

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"Checking in Glued Laminated Timbers" . Explains the basic factors related to checking in glulams, espe-

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Amerioarx rWood,:,SyStCms; Bor:11700, TaComa;,W,a;,984tr'tir:i.(206):565i 6600 ($2 minimum on all literature orders).

@ericai,InStitute of Tim,ber,Construction, 7ll2:r:Si: ReVprE,Fhryy,, Ste; 1 40;,Englewood; Cb' 80| 1.2 (303) .792 559. pg. *03,792"0669i, ,AP'*, 8,0x,,,,I 1700, Tacoma, Wa, 98 4,1 1', (206) :565"6600: r. ..FAX .206 565-7265 ($2 minimum on all literature orders) fN an industry where growth has !become increasingly elusive, Machine Stress Rated lumber is enjoying a healthy upswing in production.

Farticleboar$${edium,Demity F',iber5oard,IltStitute, ,l8928,P,{gmierr,CL, Gaithersburg ,MLd.20979. (301) 670-1752. FAN 301-8 4U1252.

Southern Pine Councfl,Box 641770, Kenner, La.1OA64; (504) 4434464. FAX 504443-6612.

Southern::Forest:Pioducts AssoCia-tioh,:Box:64l770i l(enner, La. 70064::. (504) 4434464. FAX 10+443-6612.

A recent MSR Lumber Producers Council survey of virtually every producer of MSR lumber in the U.S. and Canada shows an increase from 685 million bf in 1990 to 843 million bf in 1993 - a23%o jump.

"We knew mills were turning out more product," said Tom Rogers, MSR Lumber Producers Council president. "We were just surprised to find out it was over 150 million bf in four years."

Surveyshows growing demand for MSR lumber production increases 23"/o in three years use expands.