Canadian Quality System and Lumber Grading - Wood

Canadian Wood Council
G063
Canadian Quality System and
Lumber Grading
YEGWSF_06
Normand Dupuis, Director
Grade Bureau Alberta Forest
Products Association
October 16th, 2013
Credit(s) earned on
completion of this course
will be reported to AIA
CES for AIA members.
Certificates of
Completion for both AIA
members and non-AIA
members are available
upon request.
This course is registered
with AIA CES for
continuing professional
education. As such, it
does not include content
that may be deemed or
construed to be an
approval or endorsement
by the AIA of any
material of construction
or any method or
manner of
handling, using,
distributing, or dealing in
any material or product.
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Questions related to specific
materials, methods, and services
will be addressed at the conclusion
of this presentation.
Course
Description
This presentation will
introduce participants to the
lumber grading system.
Participants will learn what the
grading rules allow and don't
allow, including the
differences between
appearance grade wood vs.
structurally graded wood.
Learning
Objectives
At the end of the this course,
participants will be able to:
1. Participants will learn the structure of the North American
Grading systems and associations work (ALSC, CLSAB,
CWC, NLGA) Participants will learn how the monitoring
system works in Alberta (AFPA quality control
2. Participants will also learn how lumber is graded and the
appropriate uses of the different grades
3. Samples of lumber will also be brought in to illustrate the
different grades of lumber and participants will be invited to
grade the lumber themselves.
4. Appropriate uses for pine that has been killed by the
Mountain Pine Beetles will be discussed and how we can
best utilize our resources.
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North American Lumber Grading System
ALSC / CLSAB / CWC
AFPA Quality Control
NLGA
Lumber Grading and Education
Mountain Pine Beetle (MPB)
Questions and Answers
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2012 – Produced 3 Billion Fbm
Dimension Lumber, MSR, Fgr-Jnt, Timbers,
Boards, Plywood, OSB
Office location Edmonton
AFPA companies operate over 42 production
facilities
AFPA members employ over 4,000 Albertans
directly
Alberta’s forest industry indirectly creates an
additional 12,000 jobs
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NBC was formed in 1960
NBC requires that lumber for joists, rafters,
trusses, beams, sheathing, sub-flooring
etc. be identified by a grade stamp.
Grade rules used were from WPA
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North American Lumber Grading System
ALSC / CLSAB / CWC
AFPA Quality Control
NLGA
Lumber Grading and Education
Mountain Pine Beetle (MPB)
Questions and Answers
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CLSAB is the body that oversees the
performance of the Canadian lumber
grading system.
CLSAB has four main roles:
1. Control the identification and certification of
lumber in Canada
2. Accredit and supervise lumber grading agencies
3. Review and approve grading rules and other
product standards related to grading agencies
4. Promote acceptance of Canadian lumber
grading system in foreign markets
Board of Directors
Members are chosen to provide a balanced matrix
of lumber producers, standards bodies, research
organizations, financial institutions and
government agencies
Executive Committee
CLSAB President, Chair of
Board of Directors, Chair of
Operations Committee and
up to two directors
Strategic Planning
Committee
Operations
Committee
Directors and senior
representatives of Lumber
Grading Agencies
Directors and senior
representatives of
Agencies
President
& CEO
Field
Inspection
Supervisor
- West
Field
Inspection
Supervisor
- East
1. Accreditation requirements for lumber grading
agencies
2. Additional agency accreditation requirements
for an agency to certify lumber
3. Additional agency accreditation requirements
to grade machine graded lumber and fingerjoined lumber
4. Additional agency accreditation for
Phytosanitary
5. Agency procedures for grade stamping lumber
6. CLSAB field inspections
7. CLSAB random sample inspections
Canadian Grading Agencies
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North American Lumber Grading System
ALSC / CLSAB / CWC
AFPA Quality Control
NLGA
Lumber Grading and Education
Mountain Pine Beetle (MPB)
Questions and Answers
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Mission (What They Do)
◦ Ensure market access, to maintain and expand
markets for Canadian wood products in North
America
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Primary Role
◦ Address building code changes that threaten to
restrict or eliminate wood construction
◦ Ensure code changes result in net win for wood
construction in North America
◦ Make it as easy as possible to specify and use
wood (Knowledge Transfer and Education)
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North American Lumber Grading System
ALSC / CLSAB / CWC
AFPA Quality Control
NLGA
Lumber Grading and Education
Mountain Pine Beetle (MPB)
Questions and Answers
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North American Lumber Grading System
ALSC / CLSAB / CWC
AFPA Quality Control
NLGA
Lumber Grading and Education
Mountain Pine Beetle (MPB)
Questions and Answers
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The NLGA was incorporated in 1971.
Responsible for writing, interpreting and
maintaining Canadian lumber grading rules
and standards.
The rules are approved and enforced by
CLSAB and ALSC – enables acceptance under
Canadian and US building codes.
Canadian grading rules must meet the NGR.
The membership of NLGA consists of all the
lumber manufacturers' associations and
independent grading agencies in Canada.
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SPS–1-SPS for FingerJoined Structural Lumber
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SPS–2-SPS for Machine Graded Lumber
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SPS–3-SPS for FingerJoined “Vertical Stud
Use Only” Lumber
SPS–4- FingerJoined-Machine Graded
Lumber (FJ‐MGL)
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North American Lumber Grading System
ALSC / CLSAB / CWC
AFPA Quality Control
NLGA
Lumber Grading and Education
Mountain Pine Beetle (MPB)
Questions and Answers
AFPA Grade Stamps
A.F.P.A. 10
A.F.P.A. 10
S-P-F NLGA
S-P-F KD-HT NLGA
MSR 2100Fb 1.8E
KD-HT
2
A.F.P.A. 10
S-P-F
KD-HT
NLGA
STUD
Species group
A.F.P.A. 10
S-P-F
KD-HT
Moisture Content
19% or Less
Mill Designation
NLGA
STUD
Grade Rule
Grade
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Chapter 1 – Introduction to Lumber Grading
Chapter 2 – Living Trees
- Species
Chapter 3 – Growth Characteristics
Chapter 4 – Math
Chapter 5 – Grading
- Measuring Defects
Chapter 6 – Grade Rules
Introducing
‘Wane’
&
NLGA Paragraph 750
Wane dip allowance
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135 Students
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92 Achieved Certificate
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35 Achieved One Year Trainee Status
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7 Alberta Communities
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North American Lumber Grading System
ALSC / CLSAB / CWC
AFPA Quality Control
NLGA
Lumber Grading and Education
Mountain Pine Beetle (MPB)
Questions and Answers
•TOPICS
• North American Lumber Grading System
• ALSC / CLSAB / CWC
• NLGA
• AFPA Quality Control
• CHTWPCP
• Lumber Grading and Education
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Mountain Pine Beetle (MPB)
• Questions and Answers
2012
Questions?
This concludes The American Institute
of Architects Continuing Education
Systems Course
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