This chapter introduces many of the important physical and mechanical properties of wood. In addition, the sizes and grades of sawn lumber are covered. A number of other wood products are addressed ...

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Bob visits the Georgia Pacific pressure-treated lumber plant in Sterling, GA to discover how pressure treated lumber is made to resist weather and rot.

How Long Does Pressure-Treated Wood Last? Green-treated wood lasts a long time — and it's ugly. So if you build, say, a deck out of green-treated wood, it'll be ugly for a long time. What can ...

Midterm grading is an important retention tool. Providing early feedback to students gives them a sense of how they are doing in your course and lets them know where they may need to make adjustments ...

Is it safe to use that green-treated CCA-wood in children's playgrounds, or as fence posts around cattle and other animals? After all, the timber has been soaked in some moderately toxic chemicals ...

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Hong Kong teenagers are no strangers to academic pressure. As the years go on, studying increasingly becomes less about the desire to learn, and more about the need to attain good grades ...

Midterm grading Midterm grade entry begins Tuesday, September 24 and ends Tuesday, November 12. First Eight-Week Session (meeting between August 19 and October 15) Grade entry begins 8 a.m. October 1 ...

Does GPA Matter When Job Searching? It should be no surprise that organizations try to hire people who are able to effectively do the job in question. General intelligence is a fundamental ...

Ofqual says exam boards may intervene where "inappropriate pressure" has been placed on teachers judging grades. It says such cases could be treated as potential malpractice. Concerns have been ...