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Construction Specifiers Heqr Lumber, Millwork Mens' Ideos

"lurnfsl-Millwork-Their Realistic Application" was the subject of the Construction Specification Institute meeting in Los Angeles, May 22. Five members of the technical research committee for carpentry and millwork (Da1id Leonard Halper, chairman) presented a panel and then a very lively question and answer forum.

Erik Flamer, representing the Southern California Retail Lumber Association, discussed "Realistic Use of Construction Lumber." Mr. Flamer emphasized the need for grademarking of all construction lumber and, further, the absolute necessity for a more objective approach in setting up structural requirements for lumber, wherein more Standard grade could properly be uied. As an example, he cited the discrepancy in the building codes of Los Angeles City, Los Angeles County and Long Beach.

Philip Latasa, a hardwood wholesaler, pointed to the fact that "Hardwood Is a Raw Material." He stressed that hardwood lumber grades are set up as a means to describe the number and sizes of pieces of clear stock that may be cut from a board, and in no wise are intended to describe the appearance of a finished product that is made from hardwood. Mr. Latasa graphically demonstrated this fact by showing various pieces of hardwood and illustrating how their grades have no relationship to their appeanance in cabinet work and other millwork.

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Byron Taylor, a director and the immediate past president of the Woodwork Institute of California, named some of the "Problems in Specifying Millwork." He described the millwork grades for both hardwoods and softwoods as set forth in the Manual of Millwork, W.I.C. As a mill owner active in the execution of architect's plans and specifications, he emphatically asserted that it is impossible to specify millwork in terfns of lumber-grading and dressing rules. Mr. Taylor requested that all architects and specification writers avail themselves of the technical services proffered by the Woodwork Institute.

"Lumber and Millwork From the Specification Writer's Viewpoint" was most capably summed up by Martin Hegsted, supervising specification writer, California State Division of 'Architecture. Mr. Hegsted showed how the state of California avails itself of technical information provided by the various organizations such as the W.I.C. and the S.C.R.L.A. In illustration, he cited the fact that in seven pages of millwork specifications, the state of California. refers to the W.I.C. Manual of Millwork 17 times-thus making certain that their specification is in accordance with the latest standards and practices of the trade.

Following these four introductory talks, Les Harter, technical consultant for the Woodwork Institute of California. moderated the question-and-d.nswer period. Evidence of the interest in the subject is the fact that the audience required the program to be extended an hour longer than the time allotted, and the meeting was adjourned with several questions still left unanswered. It was the consensus of those present that such a "meeting of minds" is most beneficial to the specification writer and to the various segments of the building industry.

(TelI them you saw it in The Cal'ifornia Lumber Merchant)