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  • Trus Joist TimberStrand Laminated Strand Lumber BeamsMVP Award Winner: Trus Joist TimberStrand Laminated Strand Lumber Beams
  • BUILDING PRODUCTS Magazine (6/13/2007)
  • iLevel by Weyerhaeuser. Given that you can only put so many holes in a beam to accommodate plumbing and electrical work, the new Trus Joist TimberStrand laminated strand lumber beam offers a whole new option. In a 14-inch-deep beam, you can drill holes up to 4 5/8 inches wide. This "helps eliminate guesswork and time lost waiting for an answer from the engineer," one judge said. The number of holes you can drill is determined by the length of the beam and the size of the holes. The beam comes in widths of 1 3/4 inches and 3 1/2 inches, with depths from 9 1/4 inches to 16 inches. Cost: $20 to $30 per cubic foot. 888-453-8358.
  • Trus Joist TJ-Insulated Headers
  • REMODELING Magazine (4/4/2007)
  • iLevel by Weyerhaeuser. Recognizing that structural framing can be a weak spot for heat gain and loss in a home, the maker offers Trus Joist TJ-Insulated headers. Two plies of iLevel Trus Joist TimberStrand LSL offer natural insulation enhanced by an expanded polystyrene rigid-foam core. The headers offer one-piece construction with an R-value of 15. Timberstrand LSL resists bowing, twisting, and shrinking. The 5½-inch-wide headers are designed for 2x6 walls and come in five depths. 888.453.8358.
  • The new wide-flange thousand-series BCI Joist lineBoise Announces Completed Expansion of BCI Joist, Versa-Stud and Versa-Lam Manufacturing Capacity
  • ebuild (3/14/2007)
  • Boise Engineered Wood Products has announced the completion of major expansions of its engineered wood products manufacturing plants begun in 2005. To meet increasing demand, Boise has virtually doubled the capacity at its huge Alexandria, Louisiana, plant and significantly increased its White City, Oregon, plant capacity. With the expansions, both plants are operating at greatly expanded production levels.
  • Boise Engineered Wood ProductsThe 2007 Boise Cascade Family of Engineered Wood Products
  • ebuild (3/14/2007)
  • Boise Engineered Wood Products manufactures and markets engineered wood products, which are building products with improved structural characteristics and use our forests more efficiently. Today Boise owns and operates the two largest laminated veneer lumber (LVL) and I-joist manufacturing plants in the world in Alexandria, Louisiana and White City, Oregon.
  • Dimensionally perfect Versa-Lam laminated veneer lumber makes the perfect header material17 Ways to Build More Profitably in 2007
  • ebuild (3/14/2007)
  • Looking for ways to net more on every home you build? Then switch to Boise Engineered Wood Products, the Simple Framing System. And the sooner, the better. Boise offers you important new tools to help you build homes in less time, for less money. Take a few minutes to look over these 17 time-saving, money-making ideas for 2007:
  • SawTek automated cutting systems can also combine and optimize several orders simultaneously and keep track of each piece. Boise Cascade Continues to Install SawTek Automated Sawing Systems
  • ebuild (3/14/2007)
  • Boise Engineered Wood Products is continuing to install SawTek automated cutting systems across the United States to help its dealers achieve faster, safer, more accurate processing of Boise BCI Joists, Versa-Stud laminated veneer framing lumber and Versa-Lam laminated veneer lumber. SawTek systems are fast and accurate, typically cutting up to 30,000 lineal feet in an 8-hour shift with accuracy to 1/16".
  • Boise, headquartered in Boise, Idaho, manufactures engineered wood products, plywood, lumber, and particleboardBoise Plans Room Online Plan Management Introduced
  • ebuild (3/14/2007)
  • Boise Engineered Wood Products has announced Boise Plans Room, a management tool to be used by building material retailers and homebuilders to streamline the processes of planning and building homes. Boise Plans Room is a software application allowing Boise customers to post electronic drawing files to a secure internet-based information repository for each individual project to communicate, track, update, do take-offs and organize for future use.
  • Versa-Stud is designed to increase dealer and builder profitabilityBoise Cascade Introduces Strong, Straight Versa-Stud Framing Lumber
  • ebuild (3/14/2007)
  • Boise Engineered Wood Products has announced a new wall framing product designed for tall walls and other applications where strong, straight framing materials are called for. The product, called Versa-Stud, offers at least 2.1 times more bending strength and 20 percent more stiffness than no. 2 SPF 2x6 studs, and none of the checks, cracks or twists that can plague solid lumber. And Boise Versa-Stud can often stand up to the rigors of the jobsite better than laminated strand lumber products.
  • Product Review: Construction Products
  • PROSALES Magazine (3/1/2007)
  • Year after year, the diversity of our Editors' Choice winners continues to reflect the many ways in which the pro supply industry changes and evolves. We hope many of these products will strike your fancy and reveal themselves to you as valuable tools–not just more items to sell–as you progress through 2007.
  • ILevel TimberStrand Laminated Strand Lumber Beam
  • BUILDING PRODUCTS Magazine (1/22/2007)
  • Weyerhaeuser. ILevel TimberStrand laminated strand lumber beam allows builders to cut larger holes in the field to accommodate pipes, wires, and conduits. The product's design allows for multiple holes depending on length. It comes in widths of 1-3/4 or 3-1/2 inches in depths of 9-1/2, 1-17/8, and 14 inches. 888-453-8358.

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