In each category, the best quality is the most expensive (#1 and C grades, respectively). Hardwood lumber is not dimensioned like softwood. It comes in specific thicknesses, but random widths.

Pacific Lumber Inspection Bureau (PLIB) has published a new 2024 edition of its grading rules book, WCLB Standard Grading Rules for West Coast & Imported Softwood Lumber, No. 18, 2024. The new ...

choose “structural light framing” lumber. Hardwood lumber is graded differently than softwood lumber. Hardwoods are graded in the rough state before they are planed smooth, and the grade is ...

Lumber is in the spotlight as the National Association of Home Builders and the U.S. Lumber Coalition disagree about what’s ...

There are certainly sufficient timber resources to supply U.S. demand for softwood lumber. In the U.S. South, harvestable forest growth exceeds harvest volumes by 40 percent. Access to harvestable ...

The decades-long softwood lumber dispute between the US and Canada is escalating even before planned tariffs take effect: The US plans to more than double existing anti-dumping and countervailing ...

Much of the softwood lumber and mass timber that goes into apartment buildings in Massachusetts comes from Canada, as does fabricated steel and aluminum. While costs vary, it’s typical for ...