Bellingham 2013

Timber Measurement Society Meeting, Bellingham Washington 10-12 April, 2013 The meeting was attended by more than 80 participants from the US, Canada, Chile, New Zealand, Sweden and Switzerland. Next year's meeting will be held in the Coeur d'Alene, Idaho area, tentatively on 9-11 April 2014. Most of the presentations from the meeting can be downloaded below. Download the minutes of the business meeting, agenda, and photo album.
April 10, 2013
Trading logs with China: measurement and accountability Rick Kosolofski, Pioneer Scaling Ltd., Campbell River, British Columbia
Log scaling update from New Zealand John Ellis, Group Technical Manager, C3 Ltd.; and Managing Director of Scaling Research International, Mount Maunganui, New Zealand
Douglas fir defects and how they relate to veneer recovery Russ Carrier, Boise Cascade, Kettle Falls, Washington
Log grades and sort codes: understanding the parameters of standardized log quality Mike Belfry, Pacific Rim Log Scaling Bureau, Lacey, WA
The Forest Industry: harvest, housing and foreign trade Gordon Culbertson, Forest2Market, Eugene, Oregon
Beetle-killed lodgepole pine measurement issues Don Hascarl, Canfor, Prince George, British Columbia
Converting between Western North American log scaling methods Neal Hart, Jendro & Hart LLC, Sunriver, Oregon
NZ Log Exports: Measurement and Logistics Challenges and Initiatives from C3 Matt Wakelin, C3 Ltd, Nelson , New Zealand
April 11, 2011
Alberta Smalian cubic scale to product recovery and statistical analysis Max Matthews, Millar Western Forest Products Ltd., Whitecourt, Alberta
How to collect the best possible GPS data under the tree canopy and using GPS offsets to save time and money Jon Aschenbach, Resource Supply, LLC., Beaverton, Oregon
Log scanning trials: progress by Measurement Canada and the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) Technical Committee on Scaling on using scanners for scaling Peter Dyson, FPInnovations, Vancouver, British Columbia
Measurement Canada’s role in timber measurement and the process of approving scanner measure (Discussion paper) Luciano Burtini, Measurement Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Cruising big valuable timber: tips for getting the most out of your time and effort Paul Wagner, Atterbury Consultants, Darrington, Washington
Pulpwood measurement in Scandinavia Mats Nylinder, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
Unmanned weight scales Bill Hepler, Pacific Industrial Scale, Richmond, British Columbia
Drive-through log scanning installations in North America and abroad Mario Angel, WoodTech - North America, Portland, Oregon
Manufacturer Survivability – A Key Indicator of Long Term Timber Value Bryan Beck, The Beck Group, Portland, Oregon
Drive around, take pictures, and automatically make maps for GIS Craig Greenwald, GeoMobile Innovations, Inc., Corvallis, Oregon
North American and Global Forest Products Markets Delton Alderman, USFS, Princeton, West Virginia
Conducting a successful return-to-log study and determining peeler log values by diameter and grade when components from different logs are used in each panel Matt Fonseca, UNECE, Geneva, Switzerland
Managing timber information and reducing the possibility of theft: technology to be more efficient, reduce errors and access real-time audit capability and business intelligence reporting Jeff Widmer, 3Log Systems,Richmond, British Columbia
April 12, 2011
In the morning the group went to the Great Western sawmill in Everson Washington to scale logs . The logs were reviewed and there was quite a bit of discussion regarding grading procedures and rules.
In the afternoon the group toured the Interfor Cedaprime remanufacturing plant in Sumas Washington.
TMS Central Committee Officers and Contacts Chairman: Matt Fonseca Matthew.Fonseca@unece.org Vice chairman: John Calkins jcalkin@simpson.com Vice chairman: Mario Angel Mario.Angel@woodtechms.com Secretary-Treasurer: Thelma Alsup 4alsups@centurytel.net Go back to TMS homepage