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Boise Cascade and the Environment4Boise Cascade relies on natural resources - air, water, energy, andtrees – to make and distribute the wood products people use everyday. We operate in ways that sustain these natural resources andprotect the environment today and for generations to come. Webelieve good business and good environmental practices go hand-inhand.Boise Cascade has a solid record of responsible environmentalcommitment and performance, including: protecting air and water quality near our manufacturing sites responsibly using energy and wood resources reducing, reusing, and recycling manufacturing and inishedproduct waste materials collaborating with others by listening to and acting on constructiveideas to demonstrate our commitmentOur performance gives substance to our commitments.Protecting air and water qualityMaking the wood products our society needs and wants requiresprocesses that affect air and water near our manufacturing sites.Boise Cascade’s dedicated employees have established a strongtrack record of protecting air quality near our production sites andrigorously cleaning the water (efluent) used in manufacturingwhenever it is returned to nearby rivers. Our manufacturingoperations consistently meet or exceed tough standards set bymultiple and complex state and federal environmental regulations. Our engineered wood products are made using about halfthe wood iber contained in traditional dimension lumber,resulting in superior products that more eficiently usenatural raw materials. We track our wood iber sources to ensure that the rawmaterial and inished products we purchase meet ourrigorous environmental standards.Reducing, reusing, and recyclingEffectively reducing and reusing waste in manufacturing processesand recycling material reduces the need for “virgin” (i.e., neverbefore-used) raw materials, a goal that often makes bothenvironmental and economic sense.The challenge is to eliminate as much waste as possible whileproductively reusing the waste that cannot be eliminated, therebyreducing our costs and the amount of material sent to landills.Processes can be changed to more eficiently use raw materials,thereby reducing the byproducts left over as waste. Products canbe engineered to use manufacturing waste and waste from inishedproducts – wood, paper, plastics, etc.For example: Boise Cascade’s wood products plants are designedto use almost all the wood purchased as raw material.Wood that is not manufactured into I-Joists or laminatedbeams typically ends up in plywood or chipped andshipped to paper mills as raw material for their products.Sawdust and plytrim is either used in particleboard orburned for fuel. Bark is either burned on-site in boilersor veneer drying system, sold for fuel at other mills orsold for landscape materials. Most of the ash generatedfrom burning of wood fuels ends up as an agricultural soilamendment. Very little of the original raw material endsup in a landill. Boise Cascade works with our customers to reducewaste. Our engineered wood products are sold throughAuthorised Distrbutors trained in design and materialmanagement to ensure optimum yield from the stocklengths. Our BC Framer software provides eficientdesigns and our BC Tracker provides fast optimising toensure minimum waste. Large users combining thesesoftware packages with our SawTek cutting systemscan see waste down to below 1%.For example:Our wood products manufacturing facilities have reducedsmog-producing volatile organic compound emissions fromgreen wood-drying operations by about 81% since 2000.Responsibly using energy and wood resourcesOur manufacturing operations require substantial energy and woodresources. In addition to helping protect the environment, wiselyusing these resources is in our company’s best economic interest.Eficiently and responsibly using energy and wood resources keepsour operating costs lower and ensures that we sustain the naturalresources essential to our business. This underlying economic linkmakes our commitment to environmental health and sustainability anatural priority for us.For example: Boise Cascade operations have reduced greenhousegas emissions by about 5% since 2000. We joined theEnvironmental Protection Agency’s voluntary ClimateLeaders initiative in 2005; as a result we are committed tofurther greenhouse gas reductions. Boise Cascade is committed to sustainable forestrypractices. Although we don’t own timberlands, we carryindependent third-party certiications as a procurer ofwood ibre, as a producer of forest products, and as apurchaser of wood building materials. We don’t purchasewood from old-growth forests. Our wood procurementpractices are audited and certiied annually underthe Sustainable Forestry Initiative , or SFI ; and theProgramme for Endorsement of Forest Certiication, orPEFC.CollaboratingAt Boise Cascade, we reach out to stakeholders to get opinions andfeedback on our environmental practices. We listen to and act uponconstructive ideas to demonstrate our commitment and improve ourenvironmental performance. We believe it’s important for us to listento and collaborate with others.For example: Boise Cascade has joined the Climate LeaderPartnership, a voluntary effort with the EnvironmentalProtection Agency to reduce greenhouse gas emissionsby setting aggressive reduction goals and reporting ourresults.Boise Cascade Engineered Wood Products Technical Guide 06/19/2012

The SIMPLE FRAMING SYSTEM Feature5BeneitLaminated Veneer Lumber (LVL)Stable, strong and reliable engineered wood product that will notshrink, twist, cup, or bow like solid timber.Tight manufacturing tolerancesAccurate product sizes for installation into service class 1 & 2environments. No shrinkage - no squeaks.Wide range of productsCompetitive and compatible solutions.Clean appearanceInspires product conidence for the builder, inspector, and homebuyer.Stiff and strongQuiet, lat loors – even ceilings. No herringbone strutting / blockingrequired at the mid span.Light in weightEasy to handle.Eased edgesReduces potential splinter injuries.Pre-stamped knock out holesEasy access for wiring and plumbing.High performance OSB webAccommodates holes for larger services if necessary in accordancewith guidelines detailed in this technical guide.BC CALC and BC FRAMER Computer-aided design. Full supporting calculations and layoutdrawings.Full layout drawingsEasy-to-read, job-speciic joist layout plans.Precise component packagesEasy to install, no waste.Installation guideEasy-to-read installation instructions.Technical guideComprehensive technical details.Technical support teamExpert help is on hand.Site trimmingEasy to cut on site using basic hand tools.Materially eficientWise use of natural resources. The peeling process in themanufacture of LVL is a very eficient use of round log rawmaterials. The BCI Joist is a very eficient structural shape.Quality assured – BBA approvedClean, consistent, reliable products.Lifetime guaranteeInstills conidence in the products and the construction.Lifetime GuaranteedQuality and PerformanceBCI Joists and VERSA-LAMProducts are approved for useby the BBA. Boise Cascade warrants its BCI Joist,VERSA-LAM , and ALLJOIST products tocomply with our spec

Floor & Roof Framing Construction June 2012. 2 Boise Cascade Engineered Wood Products Technical Guide 06/19/2012 The SIMPLE FRAMING SYSTEM TABLE OF CONTENTS The SIMPLE FRAMING SYSTEM . 2 Boise Cascade and the Building Regulations . 3 Boise Cascade and the Environment . 4 Features and Beneits . 5 Lifetime Guarantee . 5 Product Proiles . 6 - 7 Design Support .File Size: 2MBPage Count: 56