All species from British Columbia (B.C.), Canada are used in structural applications such as house framing, roof trusses, post and beam structures, pre-fabricated homes, bridges, piers, barns, sheds, and pergolas. In addition, all Canadian wood species are used in the production of engineered wood which comprises finger-joint and/or laminated components/blanks, and glue-laminated timber (glulam). The high strength and stiffness of laminated timbers enable glulam beams and arches to span large distances without intermediate columns, allowing more design flexibility than is available with traditional timber construction. The size is limited only by transportation and handling constraints.
Black Walnut is one of America’s most widely known and most valuable species. The wood is moderately heavy, hard, and strong.
Hard Maple is prized for its cream to white colored sapwood and light red-brown heartwood. Maple is diffuse porous with
White oak, like Red Oak, grows broadly across the eastern half of the United States. Although in smaller quantities than Red Oak, White Oak is a ring porous
Red Oak is probably the most widely used and abundant hardwood in the eastern United States. Oak has a characteristic ring porous grain
Western hemlock features a fine texture and a straight, uniform grain. This species is seasoned uniformly in dry kilns to improve its strength and
Yellow cedar is fine-textured and straight-grained and its natural extractives make it a decay-resistant wood that is aromatic
The spruce-pine-fir (SPF) group is a mix of Engelmann Spruce, Lodgepole Pine and Subalpine Fir. SPF has a high strength-to-weight ratio
White Ash lumber is regularly sold in the rough cut form. It can also be surfaced, (S2S), upon request. Ash can also be provided to customers
Beech lumber is regularly sold as rough cut boards. It can also be surfaced, (S2S), upon request. Beech can also be provided to customers
Yellow Birch lumber is regularly sold in the rough cut form. It can also be surfaced, (S2S), upon request. Yellow Birch can also be provided
Aromatic Red Cedar has a reddish or violet-brown heartwood with yellow sapwood that can appear in streaks and stripes within the heartwood
Cherry is a highly prized furniture wood well known for its color, subtle grain pattern and unsurpassed finishing qualities.
