Softwood Forest Products Buyer - November/December 2023

Chris Schofer Who’s

Chris Schofer Who’s Who in Softwoods Chris Schofer is sales manager for J.H. Huscroft Ltd., located in Creston, BC. J.H. Huscroft is a family-owned and operated sawmill that has been in operation since 1927. The company offers a variety of high quality Softwood lumber products, including: ESLP and DFL boards and pattern stock, and Douglas Fir and Larch dimension, and Lamstock. Schofer was born and raised in Creston, BC, and earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration with a major in marketing from the University of Lethbridge, located in Continued on page 41 Mike Elmore is the Regional Sales Manager – South for Culpeper Wood Preservers, whose corporate office is located in Culpeper, VA. Elmore has been with the company for over a year. Culpeper Wood Preservers is the trusted brand that produces pressure treated lumber in the South, Mid-West, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast. They sell and purchase upward of 500 million board feet of lumber annually. Culpeper Wood Preservers carries 1x boards such as No. Mike Elmore 2, Appearance Grade, Clears in PT SYP KDAT and WET, 2x dimension in Clears, No. 1 and 2 Prime, No. 1, No. 2, PT WET and KDAT PT SYP, 5/4, 2x6, decking in Clear, Gold, Select, Standard, Premium PT SYP AG or GC and KDAT. Heavy treated and untreated timbers, treated fence pickets, treated Continued on page 42 Winners Of The 2023 Mass Timber Competition Will Inspire Broader Adoption Of The Material In Commercial Structures Kody Miller is the sales coordinator for the Lumberton, MS, branch of Idaho Forest Group (IFG), headquartered in Coeur D’Alene, ID. IFG is a lumber manufacturer that produces 1.3 billion board feet annually. IFG handles White Hemlock and Douglas Fir, Cedar, Larch, Southern Yellow Pine, Ponderosa and White Pine, Englemann Spruce and Lodgepole Pine, in a variety of sizes and grades. IFG has tripled in size since 2009 and has embraced the Kody Miller newest technology, while leaning heavily on data and analytics to provide the most value to their products. IFG also offers lumber Shawn Chaney is a member of the sales team at Boise Cascade Building Materials Distribution, located in Lathrop, CA. Boise Cascade Co. is a leading national distributor of lumber and building materials with 38 distribution facilities across the U.S. The company offers a one-stop shopping experience for a broad and deep line of building materials sourced from Boise Cascade’s wood products division and other quality manufacturers. Products offered include engineered wood, oriented strand board, plywood, lumber, siding Continued on page 41 Shawn Chaney and other key building materials such as framing accessories, composite decking, roofing and insulation. Continued on page 42 Positioning Wood Products As Climate Solutions For Built Environment By: Jackson Morrill President & CEO of the American Wood Council Table of Contents FEATURES GBM, 20 Years................................1 NELMA, 90th Anniv.......................1 LAT, 137th.......................................1 Landmark Lumber Group.............4 NAWLA Regional, TX.....................5 NAWLA Speed Dating III...............6 SFPA EXPO....................................7 SCMA Hosts...................................8 NELMA, 90 Years...........................9 WRCLA, Real Cedar ...................10 DEPARTMENTS Who's Who in Softwoods.............2 AWC News......................................2 APA News.......................................2 NAWLA News.................................2 SLB News..................................... 11 Washington Report.....................32 Retail Review...............................34 Northeast Bus. Trends................36 Inland West Bus. Trends.............36 Midwest Bus. Trends...................... 37 West Coast Bus. Trends...............37 Southeast Bus.Trends...................38 Ont./Quebec Bus. Trends...........38 Stock Exchange......................54-58 Industry News..............................60 Calendar.......................................66 Classified Opportunities.............66 Index of Advertisers....................66 LEADERS IN LUMBER. NICHOLSON & CATES LTD. Serving North America for Nearly a Century Photo of interior space in Woolsey Gardens. Photo by Design by SCB Architects This October, the Softwood Lumber Board (SLB) and the USDA Forest Service announced five winners of the 2023 Mass Timber Competition: Building to Net- Zero Carbon. The winning projects, which include both market-rate and affordable multifamily housing as well as a mixed-use community center, received funds totaling .2 million to demonstrate mass timber's applications in architec- Continued on page 42 APA Honors John Murphy As 2023 Bronson J. Lewis Award Recipient John Murphy has been named the 2023 Bronson J. Lewis honoree. Now in its 18th year, the Bronson Lewis Award recognizes individuals for their leadership and outstanding contributions to the engineered wood industry. Murphy was presented with the award at the APA Annual Meeting in Palm Desert, California. The meeting took place Oct. 14-17, 2023. The award is named in honor of the late Bronson Lewis, who served 24 years as secretary and then executive vice president of APA – The Engineered Wood Association. Having served the industry for over 50 years, Murphy’s dedication and contributions are well-respected. He is the third generation to lead the Murphy Company as current president and CEO. Born in Portland, Oregon, Murphy moved to Florence, Oregon, in 1973 to help operate the Murphy Company’s Cushman, Swisshome and Myrtle Point veneer mills. Just a few years later, in the early 1980s, he operated his first plywood mill Continued on page 44 The world is catching on quickly to the fact that the built environment is a major contributor to greenhouse Jackson Morrill gas emissions, and there are some significant initiatives that have recently launched that will be critical in defining what policies and approaches are taken to reduce those emissions. At Climate Week NYC last month, AWC attended a CEO Dialogue on Built Environment Transformation hosted by the World Business Council on Sustainable Development (WBCSD). At that event, the French Government announced plans for a first ever “Ministerial Forum on Buildings and Climate,” to be held March 7-8, 2024, in Paris. This event will bring together stakeholders from “governments, business, finance and civil society organizations, around a joint commitment and call to action to decarbonize the building sector and make it more resilient.” At an all-day workshop attended by AWC and hosted by WBCSD the following day, we learned of another initiative, entitled “Built Environment Market Trans- A Great Year for NAWLA By The NAWLA Editor Continued on page 43 It’s hard to believe that 2023 is already coming to an end but with 2024 fast approaching, we’d like to take a few moments to reflect on this past year and all the success NAWLA has had. 2023 Highlights Traders Market The industry event of the fall, the 2023 Traders Market is gearing up to be another successful event for NAWLA. At the time of this article’s writing in early October, NAWLA is already excited to be welcoming over 15 sponsoring companies, over 200 exhibitors and over 1,100 attendees to Columbus, Ohio. Regional Meetings From April through September, NAWLA and its Regional Meeting Committees hosted seven local meetings across the United States and Canada in which Continued on page 45 A Bi-Monthly newspaper serving North America’s Softwood Forest Products Buyers Published by Softwood Trade Publications, Inc. P. O. Box 34908 Memphis, Tenn. 38134 Tel. (901) 372-8280 FAX (901) 373-6180 Web Site: www.softwoodbuyer.com E-Mail Addresses: Advertising: apryll@millerwoodtradepub.com Editorial: editor@millerwoodtradepub.com Subscriptions: circ@millerwoodtradepub.com Terry Miller - President/Publisher Zachary Miller - Sales Representative Paul J. 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