CANPLY NEWS

May 5, 2010

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March 30, 2010

Canadian Building Code Requirements for Structural Plywood Panels

Product Certification:

Building codes applicable in Canadian jurisdictions specify the use of products manufactured to specific standards. Wood-based panels (plywood and OSB) used for subfloors, roof and wall sheathing in Housing and Small Buildings (Part 9 construction) must conform to CSA standards. Non-conformance can result in rejection by building code inspectors.

Panel Thickness:

CSA plywood standards specify requirements for marking of "non-standard" thicknesses, which is important for code compliance verification. For products manufactured to prescriptive Canadian plywood standards (CSA
O121 Douglas Fir Plywood, CSA O151 Canadian Softwood Plywood, or CSA O153 Poplar Plywood), the applicable building code specifies a minimum required thickness for floor, roof and wall sheathing applications. There is no allowance for the substitution of thinner (“scant” thickness) panels within prescriptive CSA standards; ie:

• 11/32” / 8.7 mm plywood can not be substituted for applications specifying
9.5 mm
(e.g. use as roof sheathing with supported edges @ 24” o.c.)

• 15/32” / 11.9 mm can not be substituted for applications specifying 12.5 mm
(e.g. use as roof sheathing with unsupported edges @ 24” o.c.)

• 19/32” / 15.1 mm can not be substituted for applications specifying 15.5 mm
(e.g. use as subflooring @ 16” o.c.)

Canadian Sheathing Grades:

Regular sheathing grades specified in CSA standards are not identical to CSA-permissible Custom Grades, or typical grades in other standards such as US PS1-07. Such products would not be regularly acceptable for Canadian code applications.

Plywood certified with the CANPLY mark provides third party assurance that products are manufactured to conform to all applicable codes and standards.

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Toll Free: 1-866-981-4177

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January 28, 2010

CertiWood™ staff were onsite at Westlam Industries Ltd. to present them with the following certificates:

(From Left to Right)
Glen Borkowsky (Westlam Quality Control) , Jim Shaw (CertiWood™ President), Alistair Mellander (Westlam President), Harry Weisschnur (Westlam Production Manager), Dale Black (CertiWood™ Manager, Quality Management Services).

December 4 , 2009

National Silicates joins CertiWood™
CertiWood™ Technical Centre is pleased to announce that National Silicates has joined CertiWood as an Associate Member.

National Silicates a wholly owned Canadian subsidiary of PQ Corporation.
PQ Corporation is a leading producer of silicate, zeolite, and other performance materials serving the detergent, pulp and paper, chemical, petroleum, catalyst, water treatment, construction, and beverage markets. It is a global enterprise, operating in 19 countries on five continents. For more information on National Silicates, please visit their website: www.silicates.com

Friday November 6, 2009

For Immediate Release

CertiWood™ Technical Centre is pleased to announce Westlam Industries has selected CertiWood™ as their Third Party certification agency, and joined as a member company to benefit from the range of services provided. Westlam plywood products will now bear the CertiWood™ CANPLY Certification Mark.

Westlam Industries www.westlam.com operates a specialty plywood mill located in Langley, BC. offering a wide range of high value, high quality products including:

-            Paint Grade MDO
-            Crown HDO COFI FORM SP PLUS
-            Crown 44 COFI FORM SP PLUS
-            Crown 43 COFI FORM SP
-            Douglas Fir Select Oil and Edge Seal
-            Douglas Fir Select and Sheathing
-            Easy T&G Floor

CertiWood™ is Canada’s most experienced Engineered Wood Products Testing and  Certification Agency www.certiwood.com

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