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Table of Contents
Wood, the Best Choice!
4
A Review of Structural Lumber Grades
6
Hawaii Construction Report
8
Hawaii’s Building Code Standards
Requirement Leads the Nation in the
Use of Boron Minerals to Protect
Hawaii’s Wood Framing
10
10 Reasons to Switch to Glu-lam Floor Beams
12
Forestry in the Name of Global Climate Change 14
June 2006 HLPA Resource Guide Wood, the Best
Choice!
By Larry Lanning, Hardware Hawaii & HLPA marketing chair
Is this just a slogan or is it really so? Some of the reasons to choose a
building material include: durability, availability, cost, ease of use and
thermal performance. Let’s look at how wood does.
Durability
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Maybe you’re concerned about fire.
After all, wood will burn. If you are
worried because you have a woodframed home, you are worried about
the wrong thing. Nearly all residence
fire fatalities are from smoke and fume
inhalation. The framing, wood or steel,
is protected by drywall panels. It’s the
carpet, furniture and fabrics that you
should be concerned about. Wood is
slow to ignite, especially beams. One
reason is that the outside heat is not
readily transmitted to the center of the
beam. Wood beams can outlast adjacent steel beams, which can lose their
strength and collapse under heat.
Wood lasts a long time. The stave
churches of Norway were built entirely
of wood. In the 1000s the posts were
set directly in the ground and they
rotted out. In the 1100s they set the
posts on stone — a definite improvement. Twenty-nine of these churches
still survive — all with posts that were
set on stone. In Japan, temples from
this same time still exist. Wood-framed
homes in the United States from the
1700s still exist. In Hawaii, Washington
Place is now 160 years old. Why have
these structures survived the years?
They survived because they are cared
for. Wood will last as long as you want
it to.
In Hawaii we have to be
concerned about termites.
“Betsill Brothers has used wood in building
One answer is treated wood.
homes and condominiums in Hawaii for over
Today’s treatments are very
12 years because it is durable and structurally
good. Termites don’t eat propsound. We have found that Hi-bor treated
erly-treated wood installed
to code. I’m not just saying
lumber is the most conducive and cost effec-
tive for all the trades during the construction
process.” — Betsill Brothers Construction
HONOLULU WOOD TREATING CO., LTD.
Serving Hawaii Since 1955
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Availability
Ease of Use
How available is wood? Will we
have shortages? Wood is readily
available everywhere. Hawaii lumber
suppliers know we’re a long distance
from the forests and mills, so they
carry an ample supply in case a barge
is late. The supply of wood is both
ample and continuous. As trees are
cut, they are replanted. As demand
increases, more land is returned to the
forest. We will never run out of wood.
Engineered wood is the name given
to wood products that are manufactured. For example glu-lam beams are
made from 2x4s or 2x6s glued one
on top the other to make a beam of
any thickness and length. We do not
need to find and cut a 100-foot tree
to get a 100-foot beam. If there is a
shortage in wood, it is in the area of
these manufactured wood products,
because the product is so good that
demand exceeds the initial capacity to
produce it.
Wood is easy to build with. It is
easy to cut and to fit, and you need
only common carpentry tools. Other
products can be relatively easy, too,
when constructing straight, repetitive
walls; but throw in a few curves, a
stairway or a bay window, and the
difference becomes apparent.
And you can use wood not just
for framing but throughout the house:
roof decking, molding, subflooring,
flooring, doors and windows. And
outside the house: decks, fences and
gazebos.
Thermal Performance
Wood is an efficient insulator
because its cellular structure contains
air bubbles that limit its ability to
conduct heat. Other building materials
actually create thermal bridges through
a building’s walls, increasing the
amount of heating and air conditioning
needed.
As with heat, wood does not
conduct sound well. Wood dampens
sound rather than conducts it through
the house. This means a quieter house
with less outside noise.
It looks to me like wood really is
the best choice!
Cost
Wood is nearly always the least
expensive building product. Not
only is it the lowest in dollar cost,
but in environmental cost as well.
Every builder must look immediately
to the dollar cost — he has to write
the check. However, we should not
ignore the environmental cost of what
we use. Wood is the most environmentally-sensitive building material
for home construction — it uses less
overall energy than other products,
causes fewer impacts on air and
water and does a better job of carbon
absorption, which can lessen global
warming effects.
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June 2006 HLPA Resource Guide A Review of Structural
Lumber Grades
The most commonly used structural lumber in Hawaii is Douglas fir,
which is graded under Standard No. 17
published by the West Coast Lumber
Inspection Bureau. These grading rules
cover Douglas fir and other West Coast
species. The grading rules describe the
various characteristics allowed in each
grade and provide corresponding tables
of structural values for each grade and
species. Structural requirements determine the size and grade of lumber to be
used in most projects; however, in many
cases appearance is also a factor and
must be addressed in the specifications.
The following is a brief summary of
dimension lumber grades frequently
specified in construction.
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Light Framing: Light framing is
two inches to four inches thick and two
inches to four inches wide. The most
commonly used grades in this classification are “construction” and “standard.”
Industry practice is to quote and market
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Structural Joists and Plank:
Lumber in this category is two inches
to four inches thick and five inches
and wider. “Select structural,” “No. 1”
and “No. 2” are the grades used most
in building construction. A table in the
grading rules provides allowable working
stresses for each of these grades.
Structural Light Framing: This
is stress rated light framing two inches
to four inches thick and two inches to
four inches wide with allowable working
stresses and grades similar to structural
joists and planks.
Appearance: “Appearance” grade is
available in any of the structural grades.
This grade limits characteristics such
as wane and warp permitted under the
structural grade. Appearance should be
an added specification requirement for
uses such as exposed beams or fascia
material. Where possible checking may
be a problem in four-inch material, it
should be specified to be “free of heart
center (FOHC).”
Beams and Stringers: This material is rough or surfaced, five inches and
thicker, with the rectangular width two
inches greater than the thickness. Grades
normally used in construction are “select
structural,” “No. 1” and “No. 2.” The two
higher grades also can be specified as
“dense” as defined in the grading rules.
Posts and Timbers: Posts and
timbers are graded either rough or
surfaced and are 5x5 and larger with the
width not more than two inches greater
than the thickness. Grade designations
are similar to that of beams and stringers
except that posts and timbers are graded
primarily for compression parallel to
grain rather than bending.
Dex Wall and Roof Plank: This
material is two inches to four inches
thick and four inches and wider, and
available in two grades, “select dex,” and
“commercial.” Where appearance is a
prime requirement, “select dex” should
be specified. A variety of single or double
T & G (tongue and groove) patterns are
available to specifiers. These products are
normally furnished kiln dried.
Architects, engineers and contractors who need assistance with product
information about lumber, plywood
or engineered wood products should
call a member of HLPA. Getting the
specifications correct prior to bidding
a project saves everyone involved time
and money.
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PHONE: (808) 877-5045
FAX: (808) 877-6571
KONA:
PHONE: (808) 329-0738
FAX: (808) 326-2764
HONOLULU:
PHONE: (808) 682-2011
FAX: (808) 682-5252
HILO:
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KAUAI:
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June 2006 HLPA Resource Guide Hawaii Construction
Report
By Connie Smales, Plywood Hawaii
Hawaii has seen three years of a
booming construction market, but the
forecast is for a gradual deceleration
of growth over the next few years.
This is due to rising construction costs,
declining housing affordability and rising
interest rates. Still, the state’s economy
has grown faster than the national
average over that period of time and the
economic forecast is for continued prosperity, although a slowing one.
After three years of a boom market,
the demand for million-dollar condos is
beginning to slack. Considerable focus
has been placed on the Kakaako area of
Honolulu. Plans on the books include
completion or construction of about a
dozen high-rise condos in this particular
area in the next five years.
Demand for housing remains strong
on all islands and home prices have
increased on Oahu, the Big Island and
Kauai. However, University of Hawaii
Economic Research Organization
(UHERO) just released its quarterly
report on April 4, indicating that
Hawaii’s real estate boom is expected
to continue, including new construction of housing, to level off for reasons
stated above. UHERO further expects
softer home demand and prices to lead
to a slowing in residential construction
activity and cause a slowing in overall
commitments to build. The projection
is an increase in building commitments
rising by 9 percent this year and slowing
to a growth of 4 percent in 2007 — still
a healthy construction projection.
The residential boom has centered
on the neighbor islands with more than
one-third of all new permits on the Big
Island in 2005. The market remains
strong on all islands although the pace
of sales has slowed somewhat. The
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statewide median single-family home
price has now reached $590,000 in the
fourth quarter of 2005, up 24 percent
in just one year and 100 percent since
1999. This presents a problem in
Hawaii’s low-wage service economy
and makes prices unreachable for many
who live and work in Hawaii — particularly first time homebuyers.
Although residential construction has
been dominant, nonresidential investment has displayed a healthy growth
with commercial and industrial private
building permits up 43 percent last year.
With the national unemployment
rate running at 4.8 percent, Hawaii’s
rate is already the lowest in the nation
and is now at 2.5 percent — the only
state under 3 percent. The continuing
rate of unemployment means employers
at all levels are having difficulty filling
a wide range of positions, from entry
level to management. Finding a good
subcontractor is difficult, expensive and
the wait is a long one.
Tourism remains strong, although
45 days of rain and the recent sewer
break, which forced millions of gallons
of sewage into the Ala Wai Canal, have
not been helpful. 2005 saw an all-time
record for arrivals and a growth rate of
6.2 percent. The projection for 2006
is a slowing of the growth rate to 3
percent — still a good outlook.
Hawaii’s economy remains a
robust one and although a slowing
is projected, the outlook for the near
future is positive and is stabilized by
projects on the books in commercial
and military construction. There still
also remains a large supply of mainland
resident affluent baby boomers for
upscale second or retirement homes in
Hawaii.
“Wood is Good! Mark Development has built
homes in Hawaii for many years using the
structural and durable values of wood. With
today’s improved treatment penetration and
decades of proven protection, termite damage
is a thing of the past.” — Craig Watase, president, Mark Development
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Hawaii’s Building Code Standards Requirement Leads
the Nation in the Use of Boron Minerals to Protect
Hawaii’s Wood Framing
Article provided by Hap Person, president of Honolulu Wood Treating LLC and HLPA president
One of the most important functions boron serves is to keep the
world green. All plants — from fields
of cotton to groves of Douglas fir —
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depend on trace amounts of boron to
thrive. Plants get the boron they need
from the land and water supply; it’s
widely distributed throughout the envi-
ronment as minerals called borates.
People get the boron they need from
plants; it’s part of a healthy diet.
Although boron is essential for
plants and nutritionally important
for humans, it also works to control
insects and fungi that attack wood
by inhibiting their metabolism. As a
result, treating solid and engineered
wood products with borates provides
long-lasting protection against wooddestroying pests and is safe for people
and the environment.
Research by organizations including
the Building Research Establishment
in the United Kingdom and the
Department of Agriculture in the
United States shows that wood has the
best environmental attributes among
all building materials. In fact, trees’
ability to absorb carbon dioxide and
emit oxygen make wood the only
building material that has a positive
impact on the environment.
However, wood used without
being treated and inspected for code
compliance has a downside — its
vulnerability to organisms such as
Formosan subterranean termites,
native subterranean termites, wood
destroying beetles, carpenter ants and
decay fungi, to name a few. At the
same time, consumers are demanding
more durable, higher-quality products
and homes.
BORON to the
Rescue
Borates’ reputation as a safe and
effective defense against wooddestroying organisms is on the rise.
Although borates’ wood protection
properties have been known for
centuries, it wasn’t until the 1950s that
treating lumber with borates became a
standard practice in some parts of the
world. In addition, countries such as
the United States, Canada, Japan and
many European countries are increasingly turning to borates to protect their
homes. Hawaii approved its borate
treatment standard for Hi-bor in 1991.
Borates are cost effective and easy
to use. Waterborne borate wood
preservatives are used in conventional
pressure treating plants. In wood
composites, borates are added during
the manufacture of oriented strand
board (OSB), hardboard, particleboard
and other engineered wood products.
“Treated wood is a valuable component in the construction of our award winning homes. Wood is easy to work with and affords us the capacity to develop
architectural details that would be impossible with other building materials.”
— Kenneth Choate, executive vice president, HASEKO Construction, Inc.
In treated wood, borates are:
• colorless and odorless so they
maintain the physical appearance of
wood products;
• nonvolatile and robust so they
don’t evaporate or degrade during
service; and
• noncorrosive so many of the
nails and metal fasteners used with
untreated wood also can be used with
borate treated wood.
In short, the use of borate-treated
wood in construction doesn’t require
special tools or handling techniques.
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BORON Mode of
Action
Borates work by interfering with the
basic metabolic processes in wood
destroying organisms, similar to their
mode of action in controlling other
insects such as ants and silverfish.
Because the mode of action is fundamental, borate efficacy covers a broad
spectrum, and target organisms do not
develop resistance as they can with
conventional pesticides.
Boron’s functionality is based on its
ability to form complexes with various
sugar alcohol compounds such as
vitamins and co-enzymes. Reaction of
borates with co-enzymes containing
these molecules has been found to
diminish the ability of organisms to
process food and energy, causing the
target organisms to “starve” and eventually die.
The result: long-lasting wood
protection and insect control.
The best way to expose target
organisms to borates is to treat their
food source or immediate environment. Wood-destroying insects such
as termites attempt to eat boratetreated wood. This minor grazing
allows borates to be transported as
part of the termite’s food supply back
to the colony and from one termite
to another. Insects such as carpenter
ants that burrow into lumber but don’t
use wood as food are also exposed to
borates through contact with boratetreated wood.
When timber is exposed to moisture, decay fungi can infest and
destroy wood. Using borate preser-
vatives puts the wood destroying
organism in constant and direct
contact with the borates. As with
insects, the borates in the treated
wood interfere with the metabolic
processes of decay fungi.
BORON: the Safe
Alternative
Today, every aspect of designing
and constructing a structure where
people live and work is judged on
its impact on health, safety and the
environment. Borates have an excellent reputation for safety when used
as directed — and that reputation has
been built over more than a century.
One reason is that all borate-based
pest control methods — including
treating lumber — confine borate
exposure to pests. Another reason is
that the levels used in pest applications
pose no risk to people or pets.
The fact is, people consume
between one to three milligrams of
borates as part of a healthy plantbased diet. Our bodies handle borates
as they do any nutrient, by using what
they need and excreting the rest.
Borates do not accumulate in humans
or other mammals, and they are not
absorbed through skin contact. Even
among workers with higher than
normal exposure to borates, studies
show no negative health impacts over
time.
Why does sustainable wood depend
on boron? Trees need boron to grow.
Wood treaters need borates because
they are cost effective and have good
environmental attributes. Builders
need borate-treated lumber and wood
composites because they make homes
more durable. Homeowners need
borates for peace of mind that their
homes are protected from the destruction of termites and decay. It’s a natural
solution all around.
(Main content from Sustainable Wood
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Framing member compatible
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8. Exposed beams add beauty
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Forestry in the Name of Global
Climate Change
By Dr. Patrick Moore, Greenspirit Strategies Ltd.
As the world looks for ways to
keep carbon dioxide (CO2) — the
greenhouse gas produced by burning
fossil fuels — out of our atmosphere,
science tells us managed forests will
play a key role.
Trees are the most powerful
concentrators of carbon on Earth.
Through photosynthesis, they absorb
CO2 from the atmosphere and store
it in their wood, which is nearly 50
percent carbon by weight.
You might be surprised to learn
young forests outperform old growth
in carbon absorption. While old trees
contain large amounts of carbon, their
absorption rate has slowed to a near
halt. A young tree, though it contains
little fixed carbon, pulls CO2 from the
atmosphere at a much faster rate.
“Wood is the right thing to do! I grew
up in a wood home that was over 100
years old. We’re confident that today’s
wood treatment technologies, along
with our 37 years of experience using
wood, are the backbone in all of the
homes we build. Wood also offers
our buyers the greatest value for their
money.” — Bob Kayser, vice president, director of construction, Gentry
Builders
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While it is true that
cutting down an old tree
results in a net release of
carbon, new trees growing
in their place can more than
“Armstrong Builders has been building
make up the difference.
And wooden furniture made in the
homes in Hawaii for over 30 years. We
Elizabethan era still holds the carbon
have built with both wood and light
absorbed hundreds of years ago.
gauge steel. There are pros to both
The relationship between trees
products, however our preference is
and greenhouse gases is simple
enough on the surface. Trees grow by
wood. Hi-bor treated wood properly
taking carbon dioxide from the atmoused will resist termite attack and is
sphere and, through photosynthesis,
the
material of choice by most trades.
converting it into sugars. The sugars
Wood is strong, consistent, durable,
are then used as energy and material
to build the cellulose and lignin that
reliable, economical and dependable. It
are the main components of wood.
is by choice that I live in a home made
When a tree rots or burns, the
of wood.” — Jim Keller, president,
carbon contained in the wood is
Armstrong Builders
released back into the atmosphere.
Active forest management, such as
thinning, removing dead trees and
at about the same rate as they are
clearing debris from the forest floor is
growing. In financial terms, this is like
very effective in reducing the number
a company that has a lot of assets but
and intensity of forest fires. And the
is operating on a break-even basis.
wood that is removed can be put
Young forests have a smaller balance
to good use for lumber, paper and
of carbon compared to old forests,
energy.
but they are accumulating carbon at
Accounting provides a useful metaa rapid rate. In that sense they are
phor to discuss forests and carbon
like an emerging company that has
sequestration. Old growth forests often few assets but is very profitable and
have a large “balance” of carbon that
growing rapidly.
has built up over time in wood and
The impact of forests on the global
soil. They are not adding much new
carbon cycle can be boiled down to
carbon because they are decaying
these key points.
On the negative side, the most important factor influencing the carbon cycle is deforestation, which results
in a permanent loss of forest cover and a large release of
CO2 into the atmosphere. Deforestation — which occurs
primarily in tropical countries where forests are permanently cleared and converted to agriculture and urban
settlement — is responsible for about 20 percent of global
CO2 emissions, according to a United Nations-World
Meteorological Organization Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change report.
On the positive side, planting fast-growing trees is the
best way to absorb CO2 from the atmosphere. Many countries with temperate forests have seen an increase in carbon
stored in trees in recent years. This includes New Zealand,
the United States, Sweden and Canada. Plus, using wood
sustainably reduces the need for nonrenewable fossil fuels
and materials such as steel and concrete — the very causes
of CO2 emissions in the first place.
The good news is that forests in the United States are
net carbon sinks, since annual growth exceeds annual
harvest. We are currently experiencing an increase in
forested land as forests are being re-established on land
previously used for agriculture. Catastrophic wildfires are
uncommon in managed forests, whereas millions of acres
of unmanaged forests burn every year due to excessive
build-up of dead trees and woody debris.
Every wood substitute, including steel, plastic and
cement, requires far more energy to produce than lumber.
More energy usually translates into more greenhouse gases
in the form of fossil fuel consumption or cement production.
Some activists would have us believe using wood is bad
for forests. Yet we are the largest per-capita consumers
of wood in the world, and North American forests cover
approximately the same area of land as they did 100 years
ago. According to the United Nations, our forests have
expanded nearly 10 million acres over the past decade.
This is precisely because we use a lot of wood, which
sends a signal to the marketplace to grow more trees to
meet the demand. This is a win-win situation for both the
economy and the environment. One of the best ways to
address climate change is to use more wood, not less.
Wood is the most abundant, biodegradable and renewable
material on the planet.
It is hard to imagine a more all-purpose, environmentally friendly act than that of contributing to the number
and variety of trees growing throughout the world. In the
age of climate change, Johnny Appleseed takes on a new
meaning.
“Why WOOD we build with any other material?
Simply because WOOD is nature’s best building
product, and we here at Graham Builders prefer
being close to nature in all of our homes. It is a
natural product and homeowners agree with us
that WOOD is the best material to build with. With
Hi-bor WOOD treatment in all of our homes there
is none better. We rarely encounter requests for
any other material.” — Danny Graham, president,
Graham Builders, Inc.
PacSource supports
the HLPA in Hawaii
for all they do!
Pacific Source has been
servicing Hawaii Builders for
the past 13 years providing
high quality lumber products
for wood-framed homes. It’s
our mission to provide the best
in materials and customer
service to builders in Hawaii.
From basic framing to a wide
variety of finish materials, we
are devoted to you.
Tel: (888) 343-1515
Fax: (800) 343-1520
www.pacsource.com
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