Leonard Guss Associates, Inc.

SEWP REPORT - continued
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction Specifier & User Considerations Code Acceptances Timber Situation - USA Timber Situation - Canada Economic Assumptions Underlying Projections Glulam Beams Glulam Beam Production US Markets for Glulam Beams New Glulam Products Custom versus Stock Beams Glulam Distribution Competition for Glulams CGL Projected Demand for North American Glulams Glulam Parameters Parallam® LVL Producers & Production of LVL LVL Manufacturing LVL Markets Wood I-Joists Headers & Beams Other LVL Applications LVL Distribution LVL Projected Growth LVL Prices Softwood Plywood & OSB Plywood Production USA Plywood Production Canada OSB Structural Panel Distribution US Markets for OSB Outlook for Structural Panel Demand Projected Demand for OSB Price Relationships OSB & Softwood Plywood Summary Appendix A – Glulam Manufacturers, 2005 Appendix B – Glulam Manufacturing Costs. 2005 Appendix C – OSB & Plywood Mills, by State & Province, 2005 Appendix D – Wood I-Joist Manufacturers, 2005 Appendix E - Author’s Professional Background & LGA Senior Staff & Associates
TABLE OF FIGURES & CHARTS
A. Structural Wood Products B. Outlook for SEWP 1. Structural Solid EWP In North America, 2003 2. EWP Length Range 3. US Forest Land, By Type 4. US Timber Harvesting, By Owner Type 5. Decline of Harvests from National Forests, WA & OR 6. Timber Growing Stock in Canada 7. Canadian Annual Harvest, By Province 8. North American Housing Starts 9. Glulam Appearance 10. Glulam Manufacturing 11. Glulams in Residential Construction 12. Glulam Bridge in Japan 13. North American Glulam Markets 14 Production of LVL in North America 15 Major Uses of LVL in Construction 16 Wood I-Joists in Vertical Application 17 Wood I-Joist Production in North America 18. LVL Concrete Form Supports 19. LVL Scaffold Plank 20. LVL Markets, Year 2003 21. Projected Production of LVL in North America 22. LVL Capacity versus Demand 23 Plywood Manufacturing Process 24 Structural Panel Applications in Residential Construction 25. Plywood Production Shifts to Sheathing From Sanded 26. Plywood Production Shifts South 27. US OSB Increasing, Plywood Decreasing 28. OSB Manufacturing Process 29. SIP Panels Used In Construction 30. Markets for OSB 31. Projected North American Demand for OSB versus Capacity 32. OSB & Softwood Plywood Prices 33. Outlook for SEWP
TABLE OF TABLES
1. Solid SEWP 2. Changes in US Housing 3. Trends in US Timber Inventory 4 Average Diameter Softwood Timber, Private Timberlands 5 US Wildland Fires 6 Softwood Timber Harvests from US Forest Land 7 Estimated Potential Annual Growth Canadian Commercial Timberland 8 Production of Glulam Beams 9. Dimension Lumber versus Glulam Beams 10 LVL Production Facilities 11 Typical Tree Species Used For LVL 12 Dimension Lumber versus LVL 13 Prices of Framing Lumber #2&Btr 14. Wood I-Joists & LVL Usage 15. Softwood Plywood Production in the US 16. Softwood Plywood Production in Canada 17. North American OSB Production & Consumption
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