Logbuilding News Issue No 39
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All the news about fits
Oct/Nov 2002
Inside
this issue
Letters to the editor
Members offer kudosto ILBA
Page 2
Tech Talk
Planer adaptation a
Shure thingPage 5
Log walls put to
the test
Ten tests provide insightPage 7
Drawings: What
are they?
Defining someimportant terms
Page 9
Rendez-vous is a
success because
A special thanks to
these folksPage 12
Meet your new
ILBA directors
Three members takeoffice in January
Page 13
Update from theILBA office
Page 16
Committee reports
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Number 39
They came together on the long, Cana-dian Thanksgiving weekend to learn, playand share.Those who attended the 1stAnnual Fall Rendez-vous in Cherryville, BC,did all that, and more, during the Oct. 11-14 gathering.
ILBA director Robrt Savignac called ita casual gathering of passionate people.For Dave Chaluck, overall grand championin the competitions held there, Rendez-vous was an eye-opener.It was a greatexperience for me, says Chaluck, whosemembership in the ILBA is but a monthold.It was great to see the different tech-niques others use and to take part in theworkshops; it was very educational, heconcludes.
Chaluck and partner Eric Larson tookfirst place in the full-scribe competition andChaluck won the notching event as well.
Though he has seven years experiencein the handcrafted business, this was the
first time Chaluck, a log fitter for White Val-ley Log Homes, had an opportunity tomeet and learn from a wide variety of folksin the business. Chaluck took part in mosteverything there, and is grateful for theopportunity Rendez-vous provided.Imglad to be a member (of the ILBA), hesays,Rendez-vous was a good networkingand learning opportunity.
Rendez-vous attendees had the oppor-tunity to hear Mary Mackie, the foundingmother of the association, who shared herinsights about where the handcraftedindustry has been and where its heading.Newcomers and old-timers alike benefit-ted from her words as well as the expert-ise of master crafters shared during work-shops throughout the event.
Savignac also saw Rendez-vous as a timefor busy log builders to take a break fromlaying logs, moving cranes around and re-
Rendez-vousContinued on Page 3Agreement Number 40707514
GATHERING OF THE CLAN It was a relaxed and dedicated group that gathered in Cherryville, BC, for thefirst annual Fall Rendez-vous.Workshops, demonstrations, friendly competition and camaraderie were the order of the
day during the weekend event. (ILBA staff photo)
Rendez-vous: a casual gathering of passionate people
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Dear Editor:Prior to early 2001,my company
had one logging truck and for 10years I made ends meet by sellinglogs to local mills and doingmechanic work.
Then ILBA member WayneSparshu introduced me to the ILBAand insisted I get involved and check
the Association out.I took the challenge and attended
the 2001 Conference in Kananaskis,Alberta, where I donated a truck-
load of logs to the Pre-conferenceAccelerated Building Course.Atthat time I became a member and asponsor of the Conference. I havent
looked back since.
Joining the ILBA has changed mylife! My business has grown to eight
employees, myself and three pickertrucks.There isnt a day of the weekthat goes by where were not sort-ing or delivering a load of building
logs to members of the ILBA.Weveenjoyed the positive upswing in ourbusiness, and the people we dealwith as a member we are now a
part of this growing industry.This association has also provid-
ed an opportunity for our childrento attend the annual conferenceswith us.We look forward to touringaround Ottawa with our children
and seeing everyone at the nextconference in the spring of 2003.
Don RossmanKarma Industries, Inc.
Thanks for the
Rendez-vous
memories
Dear Cathy, Robrt & Ann:We wanted to drop you a note
to let you know what a wonderful
time we had at the Rendez-vous inCherryville. Even with all of ourproblems in getting there, it waswell worth the trip.
The courses, talks and work-shops were very informative, helpfuland interesting and it was great to
be able to sit around the fire andtalk to other companies andbuilders about our craft.
Our compliments to everyone
involved in organizing the Rendez-vous and hats off to the cooks(excellent food).
We are looking forward to next
years Rendez-vous and we will seeyou there.
Rick & Linda Chilson
Mountainview Log Structures
The Log Building News welcomes letters from the members of the ILBA. Letters will be edited for
clarity, length and libelous content. Letters must be signed by the author and include a phone numberand/or email address in the event the writer must be contacted. Send letters to Bettyann Moore, N8879
Cty. Hwy.Y, Seymour,WI 54165 USA or email them to [email protected].
Letters
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Issue #39Oct./Nov. 2002Published six times a year
2002 International
Log Builders AssociationP.O. Box 775
Lumby, British ColumbiaV0E 2G0 Canada
800-532-2900 toll-free250-547-8776 phone
250-547-8775 faxwww.logassociation.org
Cathy Hansen, Executive [email protected]
Robrt Savignac, Executive [email protected]
Ann Miks,Administrative [email protected]
Contributors to this issue:
Jean SteinbrecherEd Burke
Ed Shure
Log Building News EditorBettyann Moore
N8879 Cty. Hwy.YSeymour,WI 54165 USA
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TO THE EDITOR
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assemblies. And take a break theydid, staying warm by the campfire andthrough the special warmth generatedby like-minded people coming togeth-
er to share and learn.
Here are the results of the compe-titions held at Rendez-vous:
Overall Grand Champion: DaveChaluck
Full Scribe1st Place: Eric Larsonand Dave Chaluck; 2nd Place: PatrickClark and Phil Baker; 3rd Place: JeffStephens and Lea Wightman.
Notching1st Place: DaveChaluck; 2nd Place: Lea Wightman;
3rd Place: Phil Baker.Slabbing1st Place: John Boys; 2nd
Place: Eric Larson; 3rd Place: JeffStephens.
Axe Throw1st Place: Phil Baker;2nd Place: Patrick Clark; 3rd Place:Mark Fritch.
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Rendez-vousContinued from page 1
A TALENTED Frederick Brillant (left, in photo above) captivates his audience during his Frenchscribe workshop.
More Rendez-vous photos on Page 4
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SHARING, COMPETING AND LEARNING Egils Artmanis (above) demon-
strates some nifty notching techniques; Lea Wightman and Jeff Stephens partner up forthe scribe competition and John Boys (bottom, right) demonstrates a new jig; at the Fall
Rendez-vous held Oct. 12-14 in Cherryville, BC. (ILBA photos)
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By Ed ShureAfter years spent searching in vain
for a simple, reasonably-pricedmachine capable of planing timbersover seven inches thick, we finallymade our own!
We started with the Delta DC 3806"X15" planer, which ran about$1,000 at our local hardware store.This machine has a fixed base (themotor is mounted to the upper, mov-able part), which made it ideal for ourpurposes.We modified it by installinglonger feed screws and stanchion
tubes, thereby increasing the Deltascapacity to 15"X15".
The planer has more than enoughpower to self-feed a 30' long 12X12,but only if the infeed and outfeed sur-faces are perfectly aligned and nearlyfrictionless. Our solution was to build
a 40' table from straight, stable Micro-lams.We blocked and sheeted it like ascaffold plank, and skinned the topwith Ice & Water Shield.The manufac-
turer says that the stuff should onlybe left uncovered for a month, but I
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A close-up of
the rollers.
The adapted Delta DC380 (with close-up of rollers) has provided two years of trouble-free opera-
tion. (Ed Shure photo)
TECH TALKContinued on page 15
TechTALK
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The log home industry is agrowing manufacturing sec-tor in western Canada. Due
to a small domestic market,themajority of log homes are exportedall over the world, including seismical-ly active areas such as California andPacific Rim countries.
In pursuit of the scientific data forlog home construction, the Interna-tional Log Builders Association con-tracted with Forintek to conducttesting of log walls subjected to later-al loads.The log walls performanceunder lateral loads provides informa-
tion for predicting its response whensubjected to earthquakes. Up untilnow, such technical information didnot exist for log walls.
A series of 10 tests using variouswall configurations was conducted atForintek last spring. In this initial
phase, interesting load transfer pat-terns unique to log constructionwere observed.The encouraging
results provided evidence of log wall
ductility and energy dissipation char-acteristics through friction betweenlogs, the contribution of interlockingsaddle notch corners, and wood dow-els and their combinations.
Forintek provided the industrywith a great deal of test resultsexceeding our original expectations.
As an industry association we couldnot undertake such a large projectwithout Forinteks VATTP contribu-tion, says Robrt Savignac, ILBAExecutive Director.Up until now, loghomes were not a common subjectof scientific research as they repre-sent a relatively small portion of thebuilding industry. However, the ILBA,through support from its membersand sponsors, aims to change that andcatch up with the rest of the building
industry on issues such as seismic,thermal and fire properties, log finish-ing and many others, Savignac con-cludes.
This article is copyrighted by Forintek Cana-da Corp. and first appeared in issue No. 6 of
ValuTalk, the companys newsletter. It is used
with permission.
Log walls get put to the test
The full report entitled Testing
of Lateral Resistance of Handcraft-ed Log Walls can be obtained byvisiting the Members' Only Sec-tion of the association's Web
site at www.logassociation.org.For more details about thistopic, contact Dalibor Houdek
of Forintek at 780-413-9031.
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By Jean Steinbrecher,A.I.A.Recently, I was hired by a client to
review construction drawings preparedby a log building company. It was a
tough assignment and a sad story.Among other things, I found the
drawings showed only four feet of
headroom at the stair landing.The logbuilder, discovering the problem during
construction, had added several logrounds to the building while altering
neither the drawings nor the price.Meanwhile, the client had engaged an
engineer, licensed in the jurisdiction
where he would build, to analyze thestructural components.A building per-
mit was issued based on the engineerswork and the original drawings.
Shortly thereafter, the log builderinformed the client that, due to logavailability, one species had been substi-
tuted for another at the ridgepole.Theengineer of record had not approved
the work, though it was complete.By this time, the client was suspi-
cious and more than a little unsettled.In the end, he and the log builder part-
ed ways, one being left with an unsoldlog shell, the other with an unusablebuilding permit.Though the client had
intended to construct a number of logspec houses, he now distrusts the
entire industry.Had the design drawings been prop-
erly prepared, understood and engi-neered beforehand, the story mighthave had a different ending. Instead, I
was called in to advise on a very diffi-cult situation.
Similar problems are becoming morefrequent. In the past several decades, it
has become customary in the industryfor log building companies to provideplan services to clientsbe it in the
form of custom designs or standardplans. Frustrated with the work of
designers and archi-tects who didnt or
wouldnt understandlog buildings, or in
an effort to providelow cost plans tosmaller budget cus-
tomers, it seemedeasier to do-it-
yourself.That was then;
this is now.As the industry matures andfinished buildings become more sophis-ticated, that attitude and philosophy can
be troublesome. For one thing, mostlog building personnel have neither the
time nor the expertise to take on com-plex projects with demanding clients.
More importantly, fewer players meanfewer pockets to dip into when some-thing goes wrong.
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Drawings: What are they?
Jean Steinbrecher
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Lets face it; the more a projectcosts, the more likely it is to see litiga-
tion. Even if youve done nothingwrong, it takes time and money to
prove it.At the other end of the spec-trum, the less experienced an
owner/builder is, the more likely theproject will run amuck. Even if it does-nt, owner/builders have unrealistic
expectations about the time andexpertise available with their plans.
Theres also a good deal of misinfor-mation and ambiguity in the industry
about what constitutes Contract Docu-ments. Shop Drawings,which tell every-thing a log builder needs to know to do
the work, are often confused with Con-
struction Drawings, which tell every-thing the construction team needs toknow.Each player has a series of tasks
to perform; each needs different infor-mation. Each subcontractors workmust be woven into the project, all
while threading through your log work.
Theres an amazing array of parts,pieces and systems that make up a 21st
century log home.With that in mind, lets look at some
definitions (as provided in the AIAGlossary of Construction Industry
Terms) for drawings work:
Agreement: The document statingthe terms of the Contract between
Owner and Contractor which mayincorporate by reference other Con-
tract Documents. (The log builder maybe either a Contractor or a Subcon-
tractor.)Contract: A legally enforceable
agreement between two or among sev-
eral persons.Contract Documents: The
Agreement between Owner and Con-tractor, Conditions of the Contract,
Drawings, Specifications, plus anyAddenda and Modifications to the Con-tract. (Design Phase III)
Construction Documents:
Drawings and Specifications setting
forth in detail the requirements for theconstruction of the Project. (Typically,
drawings include plans, elevations, sec-tions and details as well as door, win-
dow and finish schedules. Engineeringwork consists of load calculations, foun-
dation plans, structural framing plansand details, plus shear wall and pinning
schedules.)
Design Development Docu-ments: Drawings and other docu-
ments which fix and describe the sizeand character the entire Project as to
architectural, structural, mechanical andelectrical systems, materials and such
other elements as may be appropriate.(Design Phase II)
Schematic Design Documents:
Drawings and other documents illus-trating the scale and relationship of
Project components. (Design Phase I)Shop Drawings: Drawings, dia-
grams, schedules and other data special-ly prepared for the Work by the Con-tractor or Subcontractor,manufacturer,
supplier or distributor to illustratesome portion of the Work. (Log
builders often prepare and use ShopDrawings to lay out and describe their
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own work.)Specifications: A part of the Con-
tract Documents consisting of writtenrequirements for materials, equipment,
construction systems, standards andworkmanship. (Here, the ILBA LogBuilding Standards are often incorpo-
rated by reference.)Blueprints: Reproductions of large
format drawings containing design andconstruction information. Real blue-
prints use an ammonia Diazo processthat produces blue printing on whitepaper. Large format photocopies are
often miscalled blueprints or simplyprints.
Whatever the terms, the drawingsand specifications are simply a means to
an end. (Legally, theyre called instru-ments of service.) They define, in two
dimensions, on paper, the idea of theProject. People using real materials andtools create the three dimensional real-
ity. Because these documents bridge thegap between idea and reality, think of
them as the map that leads to a projectbuilt as envisioned.
So what sort of Contract Docu-ments is your design department (be
it one lonely subcontractor at a draftingboard or a whole room full of comput-
er operators) turning out? Can theContractors and Subcontractors allbuild from your companys drawings?
Can a building permit be issued usingthem? Or are they Shop Drawings,
intended for in-house use only?What do you call these drawings and
services? How do you charge for them?Do you understand the liability youreassuming by producing them? If the
building fails for any reason, does pro-ducing the drawings create further
responsibility on your part? How deepare your pockets?
Despite the beauty of the zippyCAD programs available in the industry
today, theyre still just a tool and as lim-ited as the operators who run them.Indeed, they produce sharp looking
drawings that appear to be correct, butthats also their pitfall.The perceived
perfection of computer graphics oftenmasks shortcomings.
Think of it this way: just as knowinghow to run a chainsaw does not make
a log builder, knowing how to operate aCAD system does not make a designer
or architect.The computer is the tool;the operator still needs to understandhow buildings are designed and how
theyre constructedfrom the footingsup. Just as it takes time for chainsaw
operators to become log crafters, ittakes time and broad experience for
computer operators to become logbuilding designers and documentarians.
In a future article, Ill address the
design process, as it exists both apartfrom and in concert with CAD sys-
tems. Meanwhile, companies need tounderstand both: which Contract Doc-
uments theyre offering and whattheyre agreeing to do by providing
plans.
Jean Steinbrecher,A.I.A., is a former ILBAofficer and licensed architect who resides in
Langley,Washington. Special thanks to engineer
Jennifer Anthony, designer Murray Arnott andlog builder Dave Gardner for their insight and
input.
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Rendez-vous has come and gone, but
everyone attending came away with newknowledge, new insights and a new appre-
ciation for down sleeping bags.
The ILBA offers its heartfelt thanks tothe sponsors, presenters, suppliers and
others that made the event a success.
Our generous sponsors
Building With Logs, Limited
C.M. (Chuck) PeacockPO Box 132, Midhurst, ON L0L 1X0
Phone: [email protected]
www.stavebolt.com
CBR Products, Inc.
Mike Grinsell1434 Rupert St.
North Vancouver, BC V7J 1E9Phone: 604-980-3325
Cover-All Building Systems
RR1 S9 Comp 14,Tappen, BC V0E 2X0
Phone: 250-835-4888
EnerGreen Building Systems Ltd.
David Stevenson3294-262 St.,Aldergrove, BC V4W 2X2
Phone: 604-856-0600dstevenson@energreenbsl.comwww.energreenbuildingsystems.com
Gudeit Bros. Contracting Ltd.
Len GudeitBox 1026, Lumby, BC V0E 2G0
Phone: [email protected]
Interlakes Distribution Ltd.Don Roach
C30 The Corner, RR1Lone Butte, BC V0K 1X0
Phone: [email protected]
Karma Industries Ltd.
Don RossmanBox 48, Camp Creek,AB
T0G 0L0Tel/Fax: 780-674-6325
Landing Insurance AgenciesMatthew Leck
#119, 5301 Okanagan LandingRoad,Vernon,BC V1T 9R1
Phone: [email protected]
Log Home Design Ideas
Jerry Stoeckigt386 N.York Road #205,Elmhurst, IL 60126
Phone: 630-516-4017 ext. [email protected]
www.loghomedesignideas.com
RCM CAD Design & Drafting
Cyril Courtois8285 Chelmsford Pl,
Chilliwack, BC V2R 3X2
Phone: [email protected]
www.rcmcaddesign.com
The Sansin Corporation
Sjoerd Bos / John A. MacGregor3377 Egremont Drive
Strathroy, ON N7G 3H6Phone: 51-245-2001
Wood-Mizer Products, Inc.Jeff Brown
8180 W 10th StreetIndianapolis, IN 46122
Phone: [email protected]
Our distinguished presenters
Frdric Brillant, Celtic ConstructionDave Gardner, Unique Timber Corp.
Inge van Oostvenn and Clint InghamIngenius Webdesign
Les Jozsa, Forintek Canada Corp.Mary Mackie
Brooks Minde , Minde Log ConstructionDel Radomske, Okanagan School of LogBuilding
Dave Schneider,White Valley Log HomesEd Shure & Egils Artmanis,Timmerhus
A special Thank You to:
Dave Schneider & White Valley LogHomes,Unique Timber, Lance Foisy,
Cherryville Museum society,GreenridgeSupply, Neville Log Homes, Husqvarna
Chainsaws, Savoy Equipment, Nancy
Wilde, Fireweed Food Service, Gold PanCampground, Clayton from CANLOG,
Pete Chatterton & Liz Pearce, SeanArdis, Samsara, Stihl, Riverside Forest
Products.
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With three board of director positions to
fill and three people willing to fill them, no
elections will be necessary this year. Current
directors Jerr y Wait and Murray Arnott will
be stepping down from their positions at theend of the year. Many thanks to them for
their dedication and service.Your new direc-tors, to take office in January, include:
Katharina Koelbel
It has been my pleasure to be a proud
ILBA member for almost 10 years now.
During my four years of architectural
studies I was mostly influenced by Frank
Lloyd Wright. For
me, his architecture
and his lifestyle arelike sunflowers in a
field of wheat.
When I started
working I knew I
would love to work
with wood.And for
sure I got my sun-
flower job. From my very first work day,
which was Sept. 30,1992, there were log
buildings on my desk.
For eight years my German job was
designing and planning log buildings, inclu-ding estimating and permit work. My in-
ternational job was log building, specializ-ing in shop drawings for European pur-
poses in cooperation with ULTW Corp.,
located in Lumby, BC.
In time I went to work for a famous
German sauna company (www.sauna.de).
My job is building and designing private
sauna spacesup to turnkey spa cen-
tersspecializing in log and timber work.
My first contact with the ILBA was at
an international log builders conference
at Yellowstone in 1993. My sister, well-known architect Jean Steinbrecher, wrote
in my program book:Enjoy your log
marriage! I bet every one of you knows
what she was taking about.After a while I
do, too.
I have seen lots of changes in the Ger-
man building business within the last 10
years as well as in the international log
building business.
Its interesting to watch the ILBA
growing and getting more and more
organized. In my opinion it is importantto keep your eye on your personal com-
pany public relations campaign; watchyour own job management; take care
about social aspects of your crafters and
to be open to and aware of how others
handle these issues so that your own
methods can be updated.
For me its a great opportunity talking
to other log builders and organizations in
the US and Canada as well as all over the
world.Their structures, ideas, problems
and work styles differ due to cultural
influences, building costs etc. But thosedifferences open up our own horizons so
that we can survive and stay flexible in a
rough business world.
There is no boredom when you have
to handle the same things in different
ways in different places, which is some-
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Its not too soon to start making plans to attend theILBAs 30th annual Spring Conference and general meeting
to be held the first week-end in April, 2003, at theformidable Chteau Carti-er in Qubec. Situated onthe north bank of theOttawa River, ChteauCartier is central to all of
the National CapitalRegion and is just a few minutes from the heart of down-town Ottawa.
If you missed Rendez-vous, this is your chance to joinyour fellow handcrafters and supporters from all over theworld for workshops, competitions and demonstrations.
Watch for more information in future issues of the LogBuilding News.
Join us in Qubec
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have been field testing it on my roof at home since 1989, soI know it works.
We mounted roller tables to a table on adjustable feet,so that its easy to keep everything in good alignment.The
rollers themselves are plated and have sealed bearings forlongevity.
We have had trouble-free operation of this machine forabout two years now. Our only major complaint was havingto drag the planer in and out every day, so we recentlyadded the little locking doghouse. It has a door on each endthat swings down out of the way for planing.We are alsoconsidering mounting the planer on a turntable (like theones used for turning pallets in a warehouse) which will cutdown on handling by allowing us to push a timber back andforth until all four sides are planed.
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UpdateFROM THE ILBA OFFICE
Once the fires were built and wefound our hats and gloves, life was
grand at the Fall Rendez-vous despitethe sight of snow.The weekend start-ed with students being awestruckwith Frdric Brillants French Scribetechniques and at the end of theworkshop a beautiful timber frametruss was complete.
The official Rendez-vous LogBuilders competition was wellattended and saw many new mem-bers competing for the grand prizechainsaw.The official Overall Grand
Champion of the event was DaveChaluck of White Valley Log Homes, afirst time competitor in our events,and one wholl be sure to return toanother conference to maintain hisclaim to fame.
The food was incredible and much
appreciated by all!Mary Mackie was
on hand to providesome insight as towhere the associa-tion came from since our foundingsome 30 years ago.Were also happyto say at the end of the Miter TrussWorkshop, those students had com-pleted a beautiful log truss under theinstruction of Brooks Minde per-haps a truss to be used for the ILBAsfuture office.
There are many to thank for such
a great event: all those who attend-ed, all those who sponsored, all thosewho volunteered and worked tomake it happen! Again, the peoplewho attend these events, our mem-bers, are well received wherever wego: What an incredible group you
have, was thecomment heardover and overagain.
As the end of
the year is fastapproaching, youwill soon bereceiving yourrenewals for your2003 membership.Introduce newmembers to the
association and have your nameentered into a draw for a FREE passto our Spring Conference. Let usknow who youve forwarded on to usso that we can keep entering yourname!
As a member you also have accessto the Members Only Section on ourWeb site; the password for theremainder of 2002 is handcrafted.
The new password for 2003 will beissued with your 2003 renewal.
Thats all from the office for now.We are busy preparing for the springconference which will take place thefirst weekend in April 2003 at LeChteau Cartier in Alymer, Quebec,only 15 minutes from downtownOttawa; close to museums, parliamentbuildings, etc. If youre a hockey fanyou might even want to check outOttawa vs. Boston at the Corel Cen-
ter in Ottawa on April 1.Wevealready begun lining up our work-shops for this spring, which willinclude a hands-on workshop onStairs with Brooks Minde, moreFrench Scribing techniques withFrdric Brillant, and much more tocome.
Robrt Savignac Cathy Hansen Ann Miks
R.C.M. CAD Design & Drafting Ltd.
Exclusively designing log homes
& Post and Beam since 1994
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Standards & Grading Committee
Progress on adopting log buildingstandards into the upcoming ICC build-
ing code has been a slow process todate, with little chance for the Associa-
tions involvement. Ed Burke andRobrt Savignac, along with other ILBAand Log Homes Council (LHC) mem-
bers, have applied for inclusion in theICC subcommittee handling log building
standards.While no word has comeback from ICC on when the committee
members will be chosen, a good sign
appeared with the ICC committeechairmans request that Ed Burke
review a preliminary draft of the stan-dards outline. Burke will be working on
the outline with ICC and LHC co-reviewer Rob Pickett.They hope to be
able to put in place a workable outlinefor the committee and eventually writea draft that will get the discussions and
standard drafting going in a positive,efficient manner.The chairman recog-
nizes the critical need for the industryassociations to be right in the thick of
getting the standard written and imple-mented and has welcomed Rob and Edas co-workers and allied consultants. It
will be a tedious but very worthwhileprocess with significant impacts on the
future of the industry.This is the chancefor the Association to really educate
the public and code officials, and wecannot and will not be passing up thismarvelous opportunity.
Log grading has been a topic of greatinterest for at least the last two years.
Work is still under way to develop a
plan to allow ILBA members access tothe Log Homes Council grading pro-gram, currently administered by Ed
Burke for the Log Homes Council. Edhas been working behind the scenes toassist the Grading Committee of the
council in developing a new member-ship category that would allow mem-
bers to meet the National Associationof Home Builders (parent organization
of the Log Homes Council) require-ments for participation.While it would
seem a simple matter for NAHB andthe LHC to just open up the program
to one and all, the fact is that the LHCGrading Program, and all other grading
programs, are required to comply withrules set up by the National EvaluationService which accredits the program
for recognition by the major buildingcodes.
Dave Kaufman, executive director ofthe LHC;Chris Wood, President; and
Randy Combs, Chairman of the LHC
Grading Committee, have been and arecurrently working to develop a mecha-
nism that would allow ILBA membersto use the grading program within both
the by-laws of the NAHB and therequirements of the National Evaluation
Service. As you all know, Ed has beenworking to developa means to offer
grading services forour members and
will continue to doso as a non-voting,
yet influential mem-ber of this group.He is learning that
patience and offer-ing practical solu-
tions are key toaccomplishment in
in large, member-staffed organiza-tions like ILBA and
LHC.We also mustremember that the
NAHB has insur-
ance and otherrequirements thatmust be met within
the framework ofits charter.
The work done
on the Log BuildingStandard for ICC
will bring log grad-ing to the top of
the to-do list forthe two associa-
tions. It is obviouslyin the best interest
of both organiza-tions to join togeth-
er on building stan-dards, log gradingand all the other
issues that aresqueezing our shoes.
Please get into the process by com-ment, suggestion, volunteering to
review work in process or discussing
standards, grading and all the othervitally important issues that face the
Association today and in the future.Reach the committee via Ed Burke at
[email protected] or FAX himat (406) 243-4845.
ILBACOMMITTEE REPORTS
Ed Burke
STANDARDS & LOG GRADING
CONFERENCESMEMBERSHIP & PUBLICATIONSEDUCATION & TRAINING
FUNDRAISINGPUBLIC RELATIONS, MARKETING & WEB SITE
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Log Building StandardsThe ILBA Log Building Standards, the building code for handcrafted,
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