In this episode of our Global Timber Market Webinar Series, we discussed "Timber Product Inspection - Discussing the American Grading System” with David Conner, Senior Vice President (Operations) and Robin Lillandt, Senior European Representative from Timber Product Inspection.
Moderated by Mr. Amir Rashad, CEO of Timber Exchange, this webinar featured valuable insights and expertise on the lumber market. Here's a sneak peek at some of the key points that were covered:
- What led to the creation of the American Lumber Standard Committee (discussing ALSC’s history and their current day to day function) 
- Why do we have grade rules (discussing the US building code system’s International Building Code (IBC) and the 
- National Grade Rule (NGR)) 
- How are the grade rules created and published (discussing NGR committee and the rules-writing agencies) 
- How are design values established for dimension lumber (discussing ASTM D1990 process) 
- What are the phytosanitary requirements for lumber imported into the US 
- What is the qualification process 
- How does a monthly routine inspection work 
- What does ALSC do during their routine inspection 
And much more!
**Followed by a Q&A session with the audience**