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When Richard Malusky started working in the woods in 1975, logging looked very different than it does today. ... Read More

From a Builders’ Show debut to real-world market trials, AeroStrand™ LSL continues to take shape with input from the people who build, design and support modern homes. ... Read More

The announcement of Monticello in November 2024 as our first greenfield manufacturing facility in more than 20 years generated fresh excitement for Weyerhaeuser and the wood products industry across southeast Arkansas. ... Read More

Don’t defer what can be defined during design. TJI® joists should be fully specified in the construction documents at permit submittal rather than treated as deferred submittals or delegated design items. Unlike job-specific structural systems, such as metal plate connected wood trusses, TJI® joists have published, code-evaluated design properties and do not require project-specific product engineering by the manufacturer or supplier. Deferring TJI® joist design can shift key coordination decisions into bidding and construction phases, creating unnecessary or inaccurate assumptions, requests for information, approval delays and added construction costs. ... Read More

This summer, seven high school students from southwest Mississippi spent four weeks inside our McComb lumber mill in Magnolia, Mississippi, earning industry certifications, exploring every department and discovering career possibilities they hadn’t considered before. ... Read More