TM 55-607/NAVSEA OP 3221 Rev 2
Table B-2. Commercial Lumber Grading Associations and Publications
Association
Association
abbreviation
General subject
Appalachian Hardwood Manufacturers, Inc.
AHMI
Grading rules for eastern hemlock 414
Walnut St
lumber
Cincinnati, OH
Redwood Inspection Service'
RIS
Grading rules for redwood lumber
576 Sacramento Street
San Francisco, CA
National Hardwood Lumber Association
NHLA
Grading rules for hardwoods, cypress,
59 E.Van Buren St.
aromatic red cedar lumber
Chicago, IL
Northeastern Lumber Manufacturers Association
NELMA
Grading rules for northern white pine,
271 Madison Avenue
Norway pine, balsam fir lumber
New York, NY spruce,
Northern Hardwood and Pine Manufacturers
NHPMA
Grading rules for eastern hemlock,
Association
tamarack, northern white pine, 207
Northern Building
Norway pine, jack pine, balsam fir,
Green Bay, WI
northern white cedar, eastern spruce
lumber
Southern Cypress Manufacturers Association
SCMA
Grading rules for tidewater red cypress
2133 Kings Avenue
Jacksonville, FL
Southern Pine Inspection Bureau2
SPIB
Grading rules for southern pine lumber
P.O. Box 1170
New Orleans, LA
West Coast Lumber Inspection Bureau3
WCLIB
Grading rules for Douglas-fir (coast
1410 S.W. Morrison St.
type), Sitka spruce, west coast
Portland, OR
hemlock, western red cedar lumber
Western Wood Products Association
WWPA
Grading rules for ponderosa pine, 700
Yeon Bldg
western larch, Douglas-fir, Engelman
Portland, OR 97204
spruce, incense cedar, western red
cedar, mountain hemlock, Idaho
white pine, sugar pine, lodge-pole
pine lumber
American Plywood Association
APA
Grading rules for softwood plywood
1119 A Street
Tacoma, WA 98401
1
Affiliated with the California Redwood Association.
2
Affiliated with the Southern Pine Association.
3
Affiliated with the West Coast Lumberman's Association.
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