National Hardwood Magazine - August 2023

Dwight Lewis Co., Inc.

Dwight Lewis Co., Inc. Hillsgrove, PA 18619 • Phone 570-924-3507 FAX 570-924-4233 Kilns • Export Preparation Container Loading Company Owned Timberland 3rd Generation Since 1941 Appalachian Hardwoods Specializing in Cherry 4/4 thru 16/4 Hard & Soft Maple Red & White Oak National Hardwood Lumber Association Certified NWFA REVIEW Continued QUEBEC Continued from page 63 plan; designate someone to monitor the plan; restrict practices that increase exposure; offer medical exams for exposed employees; train workers to identify and limit exposure; and maintain records for exposure, medical exams, and other related data. Learn more at osha.gov/Publications/OSHA3902.pdf. It is important to note that failure to comply with laws regulating any of these substances can result in severe fines. The National Wood Flooring Association has detailed information about regulations affecting our industry available through NWFA University, an online training platform that is convenient and affordable. More information is available at nwfa.org/nwfa-university. aspx. n NHLA: WHY KNOT... Continued from page 18 est. My wife always asks me afterward why I do it? The answer is the same - for bragging rights. No, it is the sense of accomplishment that I get afterward. Yes, it is miserable. While I am physically exhausted, my body wants to quit, but my mind knows it can push my body farther, and thus, I achieved something few others ever will. That is a bucket list worth sacrificing comfort and ease for. I came to the NHLA because I also have a career bucket list. I dream about bringing more innovation to our industry. HCLT with preservatives and fire-retardant treatments, thermal modification, profiled decking, and structural Hardwood applications. I also want to help advance increased automation for sawmills and concentration yards. My final bucket list item is to enhance industry promotion so that others listen and understand when we tell our story. These are all projects we can start easily, just like hiking, anyone can do it. But completing them is challenging, especially when the economy gets hard and we are trying to climb out of record low prices. We must keep going; we can’t give up and say we will return to it later; we need to keep the momentum and complete it even though going the last mile will be the hardest and will cause some growing pains. It is easy to develop a bucket list but harder to complete in good and bad economies. Let’s do it together. NHLA is here to help you create your Hardwood bucket list and do the work to complete it. Why KNOT tell us your Hardwood bucket list. n starts increased 6 percent to 42,952 units. The Vancouver, Toronto, and Montreal CMAs (census metropolitan areas) all recorded declines in total SAAR housing starts in May, with Vancouver down 45 percent, Toronto down 28 percent, and Montreal down 35 percent. All three recorded increases in single-detached starts that were offset by large decreases in multi-unit starts. The rural starts monthly SAAR estimate was 19,652 units. “We observed declines in both the SAAR and the trend of housing starts in May. The decline in housing starts is due to constraints in new construction, including labor shortages and higher construction and borrowing costs, which is considerably affecting multi-unit starts. Despite this, starts have only declined to the relatively high levels observed prior to 2020,” said Bob Dugan, CMHC’s Chief Economist. n ATTENTION: HARDWOOD PURCHASING AGENTS Do you purchase a minimum of 100,000 board feet of No. 1 Common and Better domestic Hardwoods annually for an enduser? If so, National Hardwood Magazine would like to feature you - FREE - in our Who’s Who in Hardwood Purchasing! Our news item will highlight your career and feature pertinent information about your company’s products and services. For more information, email our Who’s Who Coordinator at whoswho@millerwoodtradepub.com. Producer of Fine Kiln Dried Appalachian Hardwoods Red Oak, White Oak, Poplar, Walnut, Hickory Annual Production 10.5 mmBF STOLTZFUS FOREST PRODUCTS, LLC 675 Nottingham Road Peach Bottom, PA 17563 Ph: (717) 548-2668 Fax: (717) 548-2013 Sales: Benuel Stoltzfus sales@stoltzfusforestproducts.com 76 AUGUST 2023 n NATIONAL HARDWOOD MAGAZINE RealAmericanHardwood.com/industry RealAmericanHardwood.com/industry AUGUST 2023 n NATIONAL HARDWOOD MAGAZINE 77