Associations & Organizations

It is the responsibility of every builder to understand and to conform to the best practices of the trade. This Company Directory is not intended as a representation or warranty on the part of the International Log Builders' Association, its affiliates, or any person named herein. Anyone making use of this information assumes all liability arising from such use.

Architectural Institute of British Columbia
Michael Burton-Brown, MAIBC
100-440 Cambie Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 2N5
phone:604-683-8588 fax: 604-683-8568
email: info@aibc.ca
website: www.aibc.ca

Association Bois Sacré TCB
Thierry Houdart
La Combe Noire
Lamaziere-Basse  F19160, France
Other phone: 33 555 95 88 31*
phone: 3555958831  fax: 3555958640
email: boisbrut@free.fr
website: http://www.boisbrut.org

Association of Latvian Craft, The Builders Union of Latvian Chamber of Crafts LCC
c/o Karlis Apinis
Ulza iela 10
Riga LV-1056  Latvia
phone: 371-799-4975  fax: 371-737-0323
email: karlis-dziedrs@one.lv
website: www.lak.lv

BC Log & Timber Building Industry Association
Colin Williams
PO Box 35036, Victoria, BC V8T 5G2
phone: 250-592-9004 fax: 250-592-9048
email: info@logbuilders.net
website: www.bclogandtimberbuilders.com

BC Wood
Bill Downing, CEO
200-9292-200 St, Langley, BC V1M 3A6
phone:604-882-7100 fax: 604-882-7300
email: info@bcwood.com
website: www.bcwood.com
Association of secondary wood product manufacturers.

Canada Mortgage & Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Darrel R. Smith, Research Division
700 Montreal Rd., Ottawa, ON K1A 0P7
email: dsmith@cmhc-schl.gc.ca
website: www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca

Canadian Wood Council
Suite 400, 99 Bank Street, Ottawa ON K1P 6B9 Canada
phone: 613-747-5544 fax: 613-747-6264
email:
website: www.cwc.ca

Estonian Wooden Houses Association
Elari Kivisoo
Riia 181A
51014 Tartu Estonia
phone: 372 5343 4014 fax:
email: info@woodhouse.ee
website: www.woodhouse.ee
Association of Estonian wooden houses producers - information about producers, contact exchange, partner search

Fpinnovations - Forintek
Dalibor Houdek Ph.D.
11810 Kingsway Ave.
Edmonton AB T5G 0X5
phone: 780-413-9031  fax: 780-413-9032
email: dalibor@edm.forintek.ca
website: www.fpinnovations.ca
Fpinnovations is Canada's National Forest Research Institute.

Great Lakes Logcrafters Association
Kay Sellman
24355 Esquire Boulevard, Forest Lake MN 55025 USA
phone: 651-464-3843 fax: 651-464-6506
email: info@gllca.org
website: www.gllca.org

Interior Logging Association
Wayne Lintott
3204-39 Avenue, Vernon, BC V1T 3C8
phone: 250-503-2199 fax: 250-503-2250
email: info@interiorlogging.org
website: www.interiorlogging.org

INTERNACHI
Nick Gromicko
1750 30th Street
Boulder CO 80301
phone: 720-272-8578 fax: 650-429-2057
email: gromicko@msn.com
website: www.nachi.org

International Code Council
Marc Nard, Senior Technical Staff
4051 W. Flossmoor Rd., Country Club Hills, IL 60478
phone:708-799-2300 fax: 800-214-7167
email: mnard@iccsafe.org
website: www.iccsafe.org

Korean Log Builders Association
Jay W. Yu
28-3 Mamyung-Ree, Naechon-Myum
Pochun-City, Kyunggi-Do  487-832
phone: 82-31-531-9850  fax: 82-31-531-9852
email: jaylog@kornet.com
website: www.logschool.co.kr

Log Builders' Association New Zealand
Angie Taylor
PO Box 167
Twizel, South Canterbury 7944
phone: Country code 64 - 34350071 fax:
email: lbanz@xtra.co.nz
website: www.logbuildingnz.org.nz
Training in New Zealand by the Log Builders' Association of New Zealand.

Northwest Community College
Robert Savignac
5331 McConnell Ave
Terrace BC V8G 4X2
phone: 250-635-6511 fax: 250-638-5434
email: rsavignac@nwcc.bc.ca
website: www.nwcc.bc.ca

Preservation Trades Network
Lisa Sasser
PO Box 249
Amherst NH 03031-0249
phone: 866-853-9336 fax: 866-853-9336
email: info@ptn.org
website: www.ptn.org or www.iptn.org
Network of people involved in traditional building trades.

Swiss Logbuilders Association
Roger Porrenga
IG Blockbau Schweiz
Gewerbestrasse 3 8634 Hombrechtikon 
phone: 41 (0) 55 244 16 06  fax: 41 (0) 55 244 16 86
email: porrenga.roger@freesurf.ch

The Finnish Handcrafters Association
Pekka Ruokonen
Vanjha-Karjalantie 604 78200 Varkaus Finland
phone: 3580 50 543 6164
email: pekka.ruokonen@pp5.inet.fi
website: www.hirsitaito.fi

Timber Frame Business Council
Chad Delong
217 Main St. Hamilton MT 59840
phone: 406-375-0713 fax: 406-375-6401
email: info@timberframe.org
website: www.timberframe.org
Working to strengthen the timber framing industry through professional and public outreach, professional development education and major industry initiatives.

Timber Framers Guild
Will Beemer
176 Pratt Road Alstead NH 03602 -9722
phone: 888-453-0879 fax: 888-453-0879
email: will@tfguild.org
website: www.tfguild.org

UK - Log Homes Council
Hannah Epps & Paul Dalphe
39A St Johns Wood High Street
London  NW8 7NJ
Other phone: Cell: 07740 644 623
phone: 0207 483 1238  fax: 0207 483 1238
email: info@ukloghomescouncil.co.uk
website: www.ukloghomescouncil.co.uk
The UK Log Homes Council (UK-LHC) will promote the Log Home Industry within the United Kingdom.

USDA Forest Service
Forest Products Lab Library
One Gifford Pinchot Drive, Madison, WI 53726-2398 USA
phone: 608-231-9312 fax: 608-231-9311
email: sdbishop@fs.fed.us
website: www.fpl.fs.fed.us
Federal Government Agency, Forest Products Laboratory.

Wood Frame Technology Center
Wojciech Nitka
ul, Chmielna 54/57, Gdansk 80-748 Poland
phone: 0114-858-301-6851 fax: 858-305-5722
email: cbs@szkielet.pl
website: www.szkielet.pl
Consulting company - promote wood construction, technical audits, supervise construction leads.