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2008 News

 

World's Largest Wood Roof Completed : Richmond 2010 Olympic Oval

The World's Largest Oval now under construction for the 2010 Winter Olympics, Richmond, BC is a showcase for BC Wood Products with its innovative Wooden Roof:

19,000 - sheets of plywood

1,000,000 - board feet of pine beetle-killed wood

15 - Douglas Fir laminate beams

18 tons - weight of a single laminate beam

100 metres - length

6.5 acres - area

Detail specifications can be found on the City of Richmond Website

 

 

RICHMOND – January 15, 2008

Premier Gordon Campbell, Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie and other dignitaries marked a construction milestone for a major Olympic venue today as the final section of the Richmond Oval’s massive 6.5-acre roof was lifted into place.

“Today marks an important step forward as B.C. prepares to play host to the world in 2010,” said Premier Campbell. “Like the B.C.-Canada Pavilion at the upcoming 2008 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Beijing, the Richmond Oval and its unique roof constructed primarily of pine beetle-killed timber will showcase the ingenuity and innovation of B.C.’s wood products industry to an international audience.”

Premier Campbell, Parliamentary Secretary for Federal Olympic Secretariat James Moore, VANOC CEO John Furlong and other special guests joined Richmond Mayor Malcolm Brodie and Richmond City Council in signing the final roof section before it was lifted into place. Over the past week, more than 8,000 Richmond residents, project workers and City staff also made their mark on Olympic history by adding their signatures to the final roof section.

“This is an important milestone in the completion of the Oval,” said Brodie. “The spectacular wood roof will be one of the Oval’s most remarkable features and will help make it the premier venue for the 2010 Games, as well as an international showcase for sustainable building practices and B.C. wood. The Oval will also be a tremendous legacy for our community as a centre of excellence for sports and wellness beginning when it opens this fall.”

With the roof substantially complete, the Oval is now approximately 60 per cent complete and remains on target for construction completion this fall.

The Government of Canada and Province of B.C. have each contributed $30 million to the Oval through the $580 million capital budget for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. In addition, the Government of Canada and Province of B.C. funded the Games Operating Trust, which will provide significant ongoing funding toward the operating costs of the Oval.

“Today’s placement of the final roof section of the Richmond Oval marks an important step as we drive forward to the 2010 Winter Games,” said Moore, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Works and Government Services and for the Pacific Gateway and the Vancouver-Whistler Olympics and MP for Port Moody-Westwood-Port Coquitlam, speaking on behalf of the Honourable David Emerson, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Pacific Gateway and the Vancouver-Whistler Olympics. “In 2010, the Richmond Oval will be the venue for exciting speed-skating competitions and, hopefully, for many medal-winning performances by our athletes. It will also serve as a legacy of the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games and will be an enduring asset for Canadian athletes and the community.”

The Oval’s massive roof includes 15 B.C.-manufactured glulam beams that are nearly 100 metres in length. The beams are linked by “wood wave” roof sections constructed from one million board feet of pine beetle-killed wood, primarily milled in Williams Lake The one-of-a-kind “wood wave” design was developed in B.C. and features arched trusses and rafters, and a curvature in the surface panels that will give the roof a rippled appearance. The Oval is the first building in the world to include a roof of this exportable new design, which is built exclusively from wood and will use more than one million board feet of pine beetle-killed wood from B.C. forests.
 
“The Richmond Oval will soon provide a spectacular stage for the world’s finest athletes and excited spectators to experience the thrill of competition,” said Furlong. “Some of Canada’s greatest medal potential comes from speed skaters who will compete in this venue. Today we witnessed the final section of the roof being raised just as we hope to witness the Canadian flag in 2010 raised high above Canada’s athletes standing on the podium.”

“Our entire community is proud of the contribution they’ve made to this project, which is a great example of how hosting the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games benefits our entire province and country,” said Mayor Scott Nelson of Williams Lake, where the pine beetle wood used in the roof was milled. “The extensive use of pine beetle wood in the Oval’s roof will be a critically vital tool in promoting the use of this wood as a viable product and helping communities like ours cope with the economic impact of the pine beetle epidemic.”

Forestry Innovation Investment Ltd. is contributing $1.5 million towards the engineering and design of the roof in order to support and promote the use of B.C. wood.

The 33,000 square-metre Oval is scheduled to open in the fall of 2008. In addition to being the home of speed skating competitions during the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, the Oval will become an international centre of excellence for sports and wellness, special events and other activities

City of Richmond


 

2007 News

Canadian Forest Products Industry Aims to be First Carbon-Neutral Sector
OTTAWA – October 30, 2007

-Industry to Achieve Goal without Purchasing Offsets--
 
The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) announced today that Canada’s forest products industry, a global leader in sustainable forest management, is setting a new bar for environmental responsibility and action on climate change: industry-wide carbon-neutrality by 2015 without the purchase of carbon offset credits. A partnership with WWF-Canada will inform and help guide the initiative. The announcement was made at the second annual Business of Climate Change Conference in Ottawa.

For more, download FPAC Press Release

 




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Market Advisory
October 7, 2007

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.


Panel Thickness
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.)

Note: This information does not apply to products manufactured and rated to performance standards such as CSA 0325 Construction Sheathing. These types of products are certified to provide adequate performance as
construction sheathing and may be of non-standard thicknesses, potentially including thinner (scant) thicknesses.

Panel Marking
CSA plywood standards specify various marking requirements, including additional requirements for "non-standard" thicknesses.

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Richmond Plywood Announces Mill Upgrades

Richmond Plywood Corporation Limited is pleased to announce the following mill upgrades well underway for 2007:

  • A new boiler house with required pollution equipment, scheduled for completion within 6 months, will allow Richply to be self-sufficient and turn of their natural gas.

  • A new 6-bin stacker with camera grading will be installed at #2 dryer and is scheduled for start-up in August 2007.

  • A new curtain scanner on lathes, scheduled for start-up in August 2007, will improve productivity

  • Green veneer storage warehouse will be completed very soon, greatly increasing our covered storage area.

  • Richply is producing an HDO product which will be introduced to the market in the next few months.