Business View Magazine | Volume 8, Issue 12

46 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 8, ISSUE 12 as an industry. They cite the Marshall Effect, a prediction from the U.S. Forest Service Department, which anticipates that new mass timber buildings will double every two years in the United States. “We are outpacing that trend,” says Dicke. “I think in the next three to five years, we’ll start to see mass timber as more of a regularly used product in traditional and maybe even office and residential projects and we’ll start to see it branch out into industrial projects. I believe Timberlab has a significant role to play in that process.” PREFERRED VENDOR/PARTNER n Zip-O-Laminators, LLC www.zipolaminators.com | zsales@zipolog.com n Calvert Company calvertglulam.com | info@calvertgulam.com Calvert Company is one of the oldest continuous glulam manufactures in North America, founded in 1947 and brings more than 65 years of experience producing high quality glued laminated beams. Calvert operates two manufacturing plants in the Pacific Northwest and produces glulams for both commercial and residential projects around the world.