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Old Wood, New Tricks? With Eric Law

Old Wood, New Tricks? With Eric Law

Update: 2024-09-10
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Wood isn’t what it used to be. Virgin lumber is generally less dense and grown faster than wood that was harvested from natural old growth forests. But logging what’s left of those old growth forests isn’t a sustainable option, so why not reclaim old lumber when buildings are torn down? Until now that process was labour intensive and expensive, but Eric Law and Urban Machine have developed robots that are making reclaimed lumber into the building material of choice, and that might just change the way we build new buildings entirely.

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Old Wood, New Tricks? With Eric Law

Old Wood, New Tricks? With Eric Law

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