by Tony Kryzanowski | Apr 25, 2024 | 2024, Forestnet Magazine/Logging & Sawmilling Journal, March/April 2024, New Technology, Sawmill
First, it is important to note that Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems working today in Canada’s wood product manufacturing facilities—to monitor and optimize lumber production—are not ‘AI Chatbot’, which is so much in the news these days. In the forestry sector,...
by Paul MacDonald | Apr 25, 2024 | 2024, Forestnet Magazine/Logging & Sawmilling Journal, Harvesting, March/April 2024, Steep Slope
It’s not often that a company has the opportunity to be involved with one of the largest construction projects in Canadian history—and for Jim Dent Construction (DENT), that opportunity has meant the last several years have been extremely busy, with the B.C.-based...
by George Fullerton | Apr 25, 2024 | 2024, Forestnet Magazine/Logging & Sawmilling Journal, March/April 2024, Sawmill
The J.D. Irving, Limited (JDI) Truro sawmill—formerly known as the Sproule Lumber mill—finished a seven-week shutdown in the summer of 2022, which saw major upgrades to the milling operation. The upgrades included extensions to the main sawmill building, new scanning...
by Jim Stirling | Apr 25, 2024 | 2024, Forestnet Magazine/Logging & Sawmilling Journal, Industry News, March/April 2024
Logging contractors and their supplier partners in British Columbia’s Southern Interior region are a pretty resourceful lot. They’ve had to be to adjust to adversity and the unexpected through the years. While there’s not much in the short term logging contractors can...
by Tony Kryzanowski | Apr 25, 2024 | 2024, Forestnet Magazine/Logging & Sawmilling Journal, March/April 2024, The Edge
The Canadian Wood Fibre Centre (CWFC) technical development group of the Canadian Forest Service (CFS) and their partners have a history of developing innovative partial harvest systems that address issues of forest managers in the Prairies. Here are a few options...
by Forestnet | Apr 25, 2024 | 2024, Forestnet Magazine/Logging & Sawmilling Journal, Industry News, March/April 2024
By Mark Smith, Partner, FEA; Research by Chari Gimenez, FEA Canada In 2022, we saw total Canadian softwood lumber shipments drop by almost 2.2 billion board feet, a 9.4 percent decrease over 2021 total Canadian shipments. This trend has continued through 2023 with...
