]THtr ARIZONA SGtrNtr

By FMNK DAVIS executive vice president

THE association is again conductt ing a building materials course in the evening division of Phoenix College.

The course consists of 16 sessions. They began September 17, and run to January 21.

The subject oudine of the oourse is about the same as the spring semester. APA, WWPA, AITC and a number of manufacturers are serving as instructors in their particular field. Original enrollment is 28 students with more expected.

AL & BSA is y'anning an all industry luncheon to honor the instructors to be held (probably) in November. At that time, they will be awarded a plaque in recognition of their support of our association's education program.

New Grqding Rules

The new grading rules o{ the Western Wood Products Association, appnrved by the American Lumber Standards Committee, are now being distributed to dealers, architects, engineers and other lumber users. The ALSC also approved the grading rules of the Redwood Inspection Servicq Iflest Coast Lumber Inspection Bureau and the Southern Pine Bureau. lhe new standard, which went into effect September l, established common sizes across the U.S.

The National Lumber and Building Material Dealers fusociation has issued the following note of caution: wage and hour laws, merchandising ideas, association organization and services, etc. This is being distributed m the membership this month. m@\

"Retail lumber dealers and userg of l,urnber should be ayaro minimum sizes under Voluntary Product Standard 2070 vill regdt in reduced spans for franing members under nany local building codes. The manufadurcr under SridinC rulee slEo dective Septembor I ig required to indicate on ttre invoice actual thicknese and wid&. Rather than to indicoto simply nominal size, all dealers should take immediate steps to clarify in tho cas€ of each order pending with a manufacturer, or to be placed, actual thickness and wi&h degired for these shipmenb."

The board of directors at their first quarter board meeting approved the publication of an association 'Infor. mation Manual' for the membership. An attractive binder has been produced that will be indexed to provide a handy file on various regulations and information such as labor.

The Arizona home building picture looks bright with the prime interest rate reduction and the final settlement of all construction trade contracts, with the exception of the mill. work trade. The bricklayers are the Iatest to setde their contract nego. tiations. They have been in progress since June l.

Stanley Lumber Co.o of Prescott, recently was sigaed as a new mem. ber.

We represent oyer one hundred Western producers of Ponderosa and Sugar Pine... Redwood lumber and Redwood split products. Douglas Fir and White Fir ... Hemlock and Cedar lumber, as well as a complete line of Cedar fencing. Your one call to Hobbs Wall is a short-cut to fast seryice and the right grades at the right prices, backed by a solld reputataon for dependable dealing.

& f RECENTLY attended a special r meeting, the NLBMDA Federated Presidenti Conference, in Washington, D.C. The meeting was called by national president Samson Weiner specifically to obtain the opinions of federated organizations concerning the model state regulation pertaining to dimensions for manufactured lumber.

The model regulation requires that the identity of individual pieces, or lots of individual pieces of lumber, subject to this regulation, shall include the grade of the Iumber and the species or species group in any advertisement, sales slip, bill of sale, invoice, or the like.

All lumber, subject to this regulation, shall be ofrered for sale, sold. and invoiced in terms of the number of pieces, the price per single piece, and the actual dimensions of width, thickness, and length of the pieces at time of sale; provided, that in the case of an individual piece and in the case of a lot, shipment, or delivery, the tolerance of deficiency on the length shall be | | 16" and the tolerance in deficiency on the width and on the thickness shall be one percent of the dimensions for each four percent moisture content telow*30 percent.

It was the suggestion of the group that all softwood lumber, subject to this regulation, shall be identified on each piece of lumber at the time of manufacture as to the actual dimension of width and thickness, grade, and the species of lumber, and that retail dealers continue invoicing in nominal sizes. It was agreed that the days of the board foot are lurnOT"U. *

EFFECTIVE DATE: The requirements of this model regulation, with respect to advertising, would become effective on Januarv l. 1971.

Pacific

191 No. Lilac Box 189 Rial,n, Calil. Telephone Area Code 714 . 875-2060

By WAYNE GARDNER executive vice president

rFHE area meetings held for the I lumber industrv in southern California have been completed. But by no means does this complete the educational activities of the Lumber Association of Southern California and the various rules writing agencies that have been assisting with the area meetings.

The changeover to the sizes and complete familiarization of everyone using the rules will take some time. And there will be some problems, but any change almost inevitably creates problems. The maturity of the industry should be reflected in its ability to assimilate the ,necessary inventory changes and the nomenclature changes embodied in the Voluntary Product Standard and the National Grad. inq Rules.

Before attending a recent meeting of the product standard and building code committee of the National Lumber and Building Material Dealers Association, I asked for comments from other federated members, regarding their particular code problems, feeling that the answers would afiord the committee some guidelines within which to work. Of all the problems relayed to us, the most common was lack of uniformity.

This problem is not a new one by any means, but certainly it has been considerably diminished over the past few years by the efiorts of the National Forest Products Association, W'estern Wood Products Association, West Coast Lumber Inspection Bureau and, in soutlern California, by the LASC.

People from these organizations have spent many hours reviewing codeso introducing ehanges, attending meetings of committees from within the regulatory bodies seeking uniformity.

One such group was the city' c.ounty uniform code committee, made up of representatives of Los Angeles City, County and industry rnembers. A great deal was accomplished by this body in bringing the city and county codes into agreement with each other and the Unifonn Building Code.

NAWIA's New Directory

The new I970-7I Distribution Directory of the National-American Wholesale Lumber Association is now available Lo producers, retailers, and oiher important wood products users upon request.

The annual publication, known as the "Who's Who" of forest products wholesaling, has been distributed to almost 4,000 firms. Manufacturersn wholesalers, retailers and users of lumber, plywood and related products have found the directory to be a handy guide to better sales and purchasing.

A MILLION BOARD FEET OF HARD. WOOD AND SOFTWOOD LUMBER IN INVENTORY, A MILLION AND A HALF LINEAL FEET OF HARDWOOD AND SOFTWOOD STOCK MOLDINGS IN INVENTORY, THE ABILITY TO MANUFACTURE HARD AND SOFTWOOD

MOLDINGS, BUILT.IN & SURFACE MOUNTED IRONING BOARDS, DO. MESTIC AND EXPORT BOXES AND OTHER QUALITY MILLWORK PRODUCTS, BACKED BY OVER 35 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.

Timber Buyers Voice Goqls

The first annual meeting of the Federal Timber Purchasers Association has called for'othe creation of sound economic methods of appraising and selling federal timber, thus, in the public interest, fostering a healthy forest products industry capable of contributing to the nation's housing goals; and the establishment of some form of transferable quota system in timber sales procedures which will insure security and continuity of supply to federally dependent operators."

Mort Doyle, Southwest Forest Industries, was eleqted president. Other officers are: vp., R. J. De Armond, Idaho Forest Industries; treasurer, Ira Liberman, Duke City Lumber Co., Inc.l secretary, James S. Witney, Kaibab Industries; and exec. vp. Nickolas Kirkmire.

S.F. Grqde Rule Meeting

San Francisco Hoo-Hoo Club's October meeting will be devoted to the new national grade rules, relates Ted Little, club president. (See Calend,ar, p.20, lor tirne anil date.)

Produclion

Fred Holmos o Carl Fotce o lim Bucknel . Gary Ohleyer P. O. Box 665, Ft. Bragg, Calif. 95437 Phone (707) 96+4058

Bay Area Phil Go:rlin (Ooklondl Phone l4l5l 533-5326

Ed Thompron Uqlleiol Phone 17On 6,4;24159

George Thompson of the Redwood Inspection Service and Vic Riolo of W'estern Wood Products Association will speak. They will discuss the new rules as they relate to redwood and the western species. A question and answer session will follow.

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