Technical Resources
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Timber Industry Documents
Best Management Practices: Recommended guidelines for the production and installation of treated wood destined for use in aquatic and wetland environments.
Conclusions and Summary Report, Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of Marine Pilings: A quantitative evaluation of the environmental impacts associated with the national production, use, and disposition of treated wood, concrete, galvanized steel, and plastic marine piles.
Treated Wood in Aquatic Environments: A specification and environmental guide to selecting, installing and managing wood preservation systems in aquatic and wetland environments.
Wolmanized Piling: Brochure providing the design values, treatment requirements and benefits of treated timber piles.
Wood Handbook: Wood as an Engineering Material: Properties of wood and wood-based composites of particular concern to architects and engineers. Published by the Forest Products Laboratory, a division of the U.S. Forest Service.
SDS Wolmanized Heavy Duty Wood: Safety Data Sheet for wood treated with CCA.
Ground Improvement Using Timber Piles: The use of timber piles to mitigate the potential for soil liquefaction.
Timber Piles: A Brief Overview: An overview of the history, strength, durability and design values of timber piles.
Why Not Timber Piles: A case for higher timber pile capacities.
Foundation Considerations for Coastal Homes on Timber Piles: A review of the foundation design needs for waterfront structures.
Densification of Liquefiable Soils Using Driven Timber Piles: Report on research into the use of timber piles for ground improvement in seismic areas.
High Capacity Timber Piles Support New Charleston Hotel: 70-ton capacity timber piles used to support new, multi-story hotel.
Which Wood? The Proper Specification of Timber Piles: A guide to the use of ASTM and AWPA standards for the specification of timber piles.