TESTING & cERTIFICATION services
CertiWood Technical Centre
CertiWood is Canada's Most
Experienced Wood Products Testing
and Certification Agency.
A wide range of services are now available to manufacturers of:
• Plywood and Veneer
• OSB
• LVL
• Structural Wood Columns
• I-Beams
• Glulam
www.certiwood.com
Call toll free: 1-866-981-4177
CANPLY
CANPLY is accredited nationally by IAS as a recognized Testing Body in accordance with ISO/IEC
17025.
Paul Jaehrlich P.Eng.
Manager
Technical Services
Tel:(604) 981-4182
Fax:(604) 985-0342
Email:jaehrlich@canply.org
Dale Black A.Sc.T.
Manager
Quality Management Systems
Tel:(604) 981-4185
Fax:(604) 985-0342
Email:black@canply.org
Accredited Testing
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CertiWood is an organization founded on CANPLY's long experience and global recognition of its accreditation services. Visit the CertiWood Website: www.certiwood.com |
IAS
CertiWood is an accredited laboratory conforming with the requirements of ISO/IEC 17025: General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories. Through international agreements our test results are accepted in the worldwide marketplace.
CertiWood includes the following scope of accredited testing
| WOOD PRODUCTS Construction Materials: Panel Products Plywood Prefabricated Components Timbers Wood Products, General | |
| ASTM D143 | Standard Methods of Testing Small Clear Specimens of Timbers |
| ASTM D198 | Static Tests of Timbers in Structural SizesExcluding Section 36 |
| ASTM D1037 | Wood Based Fiber and Particle Panel Materials |
| ASTM D1761 | Standard Test Methods for Mechanical Fasteners in Wood |
| ASTM D2395 | Standard Test Methods for Specific Gravity of Wood & Wood Based Materials |
| ASTM D2718 | Standard Methods of Testing Plywood in Rolling Shear |
| ASTM D2719 | Standard Methods of Testing Structural Panels in Shear Through Thickness |
| ASTM D2915 | Standard Practice for Establishing Allowable Properties for Visually graded Dimension Lumber from In-Grade Tests of Full-Size Specimens. |
| ASTM D3043 | Standard Methods of Testing Plywood in Flexure |
| ASTM D3044 | Standard Test Method for Shear Modulus of Plywood |
| ASTM D3500 | Standard Methods of Testing Plywood in Tension |
| ASTM D3501 | Standard Methods of Testing Plywood in Compression |
| ASTM D4442 | Standard Test Methods for Moisture Content of WoodExcluding Method
C - Distillation |
| ASTM D4444 | Standard Test Methods for Use and Calibration of HandHeld Moisture Meters |
| ASTM D4761 | Mechanical Properties of Lumber and Wood-Based Structural Material |
| ASTM D5456 | Standard Specification for Evaluation of Structural Composite Lumber Products |
| ASTM D5055 | Standard Specification for Establishing and Monitoring Structural Capacities of Prefabricated Wood I-Joists |
| ASTM E72 | Standard Methods of Conducting Strength Tests of Panels for Building Construction |
| ASTM E73 | Standard Practice for Static Load Testing of Truss Assemblies |
| ASTM E196 | Standard Practice for Gravity Load Testing of Floors and Flat Roofs |
| ASTM E455 | Static Load Testing of Framed Floor or Roof Diaphragm Construction for Buildings |
| ASTM E529 | Flexural tests on Beams and Girders for Building Construction |
| ASTM E564 | Standard Method of Static Load Test for Shear Resistance of Framed Walls for Buildings |
| ASTM E661 | Standard Test Method for Performance of Wood and Wood-Based Floor and Roof Sheathing Under Concentrated Static and Impact loads |
| ASTM E695 | Relative Resistance of Wall, Floor, and Roof Construction and Impact Loads |
| ASTM E1080 | Static Load Testing of Wood - Framed Truss Assemblies |
| BS 5268 Part2 | Timber and/or Plywood Structures |
| BS 6566 | Plywood |
| CSA 0121 | Douglas Fir Plywood |
| CAN/CSA 0122 | Structural Glued-Laminated Timber |
| CSA 0151 | Canadian Softwood Plywood |
| CSA 0153 | Poplar Plywood |
| CSA-0325 | Test Methods for Construction Sheathing |
| CSA-0437 | Test Methods for Waferboard and Strandboard |
| CAN/CSA-0442 | In-Grade Bending Tests of Lumber |
| CAN/CSA S442 | In-Grade Tension Tests of Lumber |
| CSA S307 | Load Test Procedures for Wood Roof Trusses for Houses and Small Buildings |
| COFI Test Procedures | Bearing Test |
| DIN 53255 | Bonding Strength |
| DIN 68705 | Plywood |
| EN 310 | Wood-Based Panels - Determination of modulus of elasticity in bending and bending strength - Determination of characteristic values of mechanical properties and density |
| EN 314 - 1 & 2 | Plywood - Bonding Quality, Part 1: Test methods, Part 2: Requirements |
| EN 789 | Timber Structures - Test Methods - Determination of Mechanical Properties of Wood-Based Panels |
| FP Innovations-Forintek/Canada Corporation SP-18R | Evaluation Procedures for Synthetic Patching Materials for Repairs to Plywood Panels |
| ISO 3129 | Wood Sampling Methods and General Requirements for Physical and Mechanical Tests |
| ISO 3130 | Wood - Determination of Moisture Content for Physical and Mechanical Tests |
| ISO 3131 | Wood - Determination of Density for Physical and Mechanical Tests |
| ISO 3805 | Plywood - Determination of Density |
| ISO 3806 | Plywood - Determination of Moisture Content |
| ISO 8375 | Solid Timber in Structural Sizes - Determination of Some Physical and Mechanical Properties |
| ISO 8982 | Plywood - Determination of Physical and Mechanical Properties for Structural Purposes |
| ISO 9425 | Wood-Based Panels - Determination of Moisture Content |
| ISO 9427 | Wood-Based Panels - Determination of Density |
| ISO 16978 | Wood-Based Panels - Determination of Apparent Modulus of Elasticity in Bending and of Bending Strength |
| ISTA Procedures 1, 7C | Incline Impact Test, Static Compression Test, Drop Test |
| Voluntary Product Standard PS1 | Construction and Industrial Plywood. |
| Voluntary Product Standard PS2 | Performance Standard for Wood-Based Structural Use Panels |
| Footnotes: BS: British Standard DIN: Deutsches Institu fuer Normung (German Stds. Institute) ISO: International Organization for Standardization ISTA: International Safe Transit Association JAS: Japanese Agricultural Standard JIS: Japanese Industrial Standard NF B: Normes Françaises ClasseBNKB: Nordiska Kommitten for Byggbestammelser (Nordic Committee on Building Regulations) RILEM: International Union of Testing Research Laboratories for Materials and Structures |
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JAS - Japanese Ministry of Agricultural Forests and Fisheries
| JAS Notification No. 106 | Laminated Veneer Lumber |
| JAS Notification No. 111 | Glue Laminated Timber |
| JAS Notification No. 112 | Decorative Glue Laminated Timber |
| JAS Notification No. 143 | Softwood Structural Sawn Lumber |
| JAS Notification No. 360 | Structural Panel |
| JAS Notification No. 600 | Structural Lumber for Wood Frame Construction |
| JAS Notification No. 701 | Finger Jointed Lumber |
| JAS Notification No. 702 | Machine Stress Rated Structural Lumber for Wood Frame Construction |
| JAS Notification No. 233 | Plywood |
| JAS Notification No. 1443 | Structural Laminated Veneer Lumber |
| JIS A1414 | Method of Performance Test of Panels for Building Construction |