BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 16, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Boise Cascade, LLC, headquartered in Boise, Idaho, has introduced two valuable business tools to help homebuilders construct homes with green infrastructures at lower cost, in fewer days. "21 Ways to Build Profitably and Green" is a 12-page booklet available to builders at no cost, offering new techniques for building homes in today's competitive building environment. As home prices have fallen and profit margins narrowed, one of the "21 Ways" tools uses electronic take-offs to provide fast, accurate material estimates. This enables builders to know costs more precisely and assure profitability while meeting customer pricing expectations. Another new tool lets builders handle much of the management of home construction online, in a paperless environment, saving time and eliminating errors, waste and unnecessary driving. "21 Ways" also outlines the green building points available through the new National Green Building Standard(tm) and through LEED(r) for Homes when homes are built with Boise Engineered Wood Products and these advanced new building processes. Green building point awards determine certification levels homebuilders can earn through the National Green Building Standard, LEED for Homes and other green certification programs.
For building material retailers, the 2009 Boise Cascade "Dealer Tool Kit for Builder Profitability" is a no-charge 8-page booklet outlining the new tools available from Boise Engineered Wood Products to help homebuilders construct homes this new, more efficient way. Included are tools for business planning, project management, estimating, design, optimization, precision cutting, training, support, marketing and other areas.
The floors are framed with environmentally sound Boise Engineered Wood Products using only wood fiber purchased in compliance with the strict procurement requirements of SFI(r), the Sustainable Forestry Initiative. SFI certifies the dominant share of North American forest acreage -- 154 million acres. Boise Cascade has full SFI chain-of-custody certification and has developed a comprehensive program to track and record possession and transfer of every piece of wood fiber from forests of origin through the stages of production all the way to Boise Cascade customers.
Framing floors with Boise Engineered Wood Products means cutting only about half as many trees as framing with standard dimension lumber. Boise EWP products are made by peeling the tree and using nearly all of it for structural lumber. Dimension lumber is still made by cutting the heart out of the tree, with about 60% going for structural lumber and the rest for lower-value products like wood chips. Boise BCI(r) Joists are 50% stronger than dimension lumber, yet use about 50% less wood fiber.
Boise Cascade manufactures engineered wood products, plywood, lumber and particleboard, and distributes a broad line of building materials including wood products manufactured by the company. View "21 Ways to Build Profitably and Green," the "Dealer Tool Kit for Builder Profitability" and Boise EWP green programs at bc.com/wood/ewp/whats-new.html. For more information, visit the Boise Cascade website at bc.com/ewp or call 800-232-0788.
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