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Denver Building Course

W.O.O.D., Inc., the Denver-based wood promotion organization, has received approval from the Colorado State Board of Education for a building industry course to be conducted at Red Rocks Community College, near Denver. There is currently one class in progress which is being conducted by industry personnel under the direction of John Hurley, v.p., Hurley Lumber Co., Denver. Starting in 1977, two classes will be conducted by Hurley and Jack Curnow, assistant manager, Denver Reserve Supply Co.

The course, designed for students, building code officials and lumber industry employees, offers 4 credit hours. Subjects covered in the course are heavily wood oriented and include information on terminology and nomenclature of wood: introduction to stress grades: millwork, mouldings, and doorst grades and specifications ofwood: trusses, floor and ceiling: hardboard products: and wood preservatives and retention. Information on steel, brick, concrete and other building products is also presented.

The course has been well received with 25 regular students and as many as 70 persons in attendance at certain classes.

"Composites" in Future

A new wood product that utilizes up to 90% of the log is being further tested by the U.S. Forest Service and the American Plywood Association.

Known as "composites," they are made with a core of reconstituted wood (wood fibers bonded together with waterproof glue) and outer layers ofveneer. They combine veneer with relatively low-value materials to produce highervalue building materials.

They can be made in both panel form and as dimension lumber.

These products were used in the construction of demonstration houses built last year in Vancouver, Wa., and Gaithersberg, Md.

The new research phase is aimed at developing siding applications for composite panels as well as refining information on suitability as sheathing.

0N THE F[Y: Dant & Russell sales plans for'77 include mill and production center tours in 0regon and Washington for sales peopli from various company offices. Leaving Portland International for Eastern 0regon and Washington mills with D & R president Seth Potter are (l-r) Jeff Harding, Port Everglades, Fl.; Seth Potter; Bill Hake, Washington-Baltimore; Bill Greene, Florida Pacific Lumber Co., Miami; Dick Vandegrift, Washington-Baltimore' Lumber and studs produced at Eastern 0regon and Washington mills are added production for D & R and are designated fordistribution inWestern, Rocky Mountain and Midwest states.