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Revision Adds Bamboo to ASTM Standard for Structural Composite Lumber Products - ASTM 5456
Release: 4-5-2012
A revision to ASTM International standard D5456, Specification for Evaluation of Structural Composite Lumber Products, added bamboo as a fiber material that can be used in the manufacture of SEB (Structural Engineered Bamboo) products covered in the standard.
"Up until now, D5456 made reference to the traditional wood species used in engineered products," says Luke D. Schuette, President and CEO, ReNüTeq Solutions, LLC., Chairmen and a voting member of D07.02.03 Task Group. "The proposed revision adds bamboo as another ligno-cellulosic fiber material that can be used in the manufacture of these structural grade products." The integration of our Patented architectural products is an amazing milestone for our company and for the architects and engineers looking to build with SEB (Structural Engineered Bamboo)
D5456 is under the jurisdiction of Subcommittee D07.02 on Lumber and Engineered Wood Products, part of ASTM International Committee D07 on Wood.D5456 was originally approved in 1993 and specifies the procedures necessary for a group of engineered wood composite products to be evaluated for all structural design properties that would allow them to be used as substitutes for solid sawn lumber and glue-laminated timbers in residential and commercial building construction.
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Pictured: David Barber, ARUP - Fire Testing Expert, and Luke D. Schuette, CEO of ReNüTeq.
Pictured: Luke D. Schuette, Chairman of ASTM Task Group D07.02.03 and Innovator of Structural Engineered Bamboo and Founder of ReNüTeq, Solutions, LLC., and Reinhard Sauter, Sauter Fabrication Team.
Proposed revisions include the addition of a definition into ASTM 5456 and direction on how SEB (Structural Engineered Bamboo) would be evaluated to develop structural design values. Anyone with an interest in the development of new engineered structural component products is invited to join D07.02. The subcommittee is particularly interested in participation from those who have knowledge of bamboo and who could aid in drafting revisions to the standard that would address any differences between bamboo and traditional wood species.
Primary users of D5456 are manufacturers of engineered wood products, code qualification agencies and third-party certification agencies.
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