{"id":1992,"date":"2021-04-06T19:40:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T19:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementfive.co\/?p=1992"},"modified":"2024-01-10T21:02:51","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T21:02:51","slug":"element-5s-new-plant-certified-to-ansi-apa-prg-320-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementfive.co\/fr\/element-5s-new-plant-certified-to-ansi-apa-prg-320-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Element 5\u2019s New Plant Certified to ANSI\/APA PRG 320-2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Element5 St.Thomas Plant Drone Flyover\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vKH_ljycF7s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>(St. Thomas | Toronto | Ripon \u2013 April 6, 2021) Element5, Ontario\u2019s first and only Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) manufacturer, is proud to announce that their new factory in St. Thomas, Ontario, has received certification from PFS TECO of Cottage Grove, WI (USA) for the production of CLT under the ANSI\/APA PRG 320-2019 <em>Standard for Performance-Rated Cross-Laminated Timber<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chris Latour, VP of Manufacturing Engineering, made the welcome announcement, congratulating his team on the achievement. \u201cIt is an amazing milestone that was achieved through extraordinary collaboration and dedication by the entire team.&nbsp; A special appreciation for our excellent Quality team and PFS TECO for the strong partnership.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elementfive.co\/content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Plant-photo-from-PC-for-brochure.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"756\" height=\"537\" src=\"https:\/\/elementfive.co\/content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Plant-photo-from-PC-for-brochure.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1994\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementfive.co\/content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Plant-photo-from-PC-for-brochure.jpg 756w, https:\/\/elementfive.co\/content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Plant-photo-from-PC-for-brochure-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/elementfive.co\/content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Plant-photo-from-PC-for-brochure-563x400.jpg 563w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 756px) 100vw, 756px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The ANSI\/APA PRG 320 standard covers the manufacturing, qualification, and quality assurance requirements for CLT in Canada and the United States. Now that the testing and certification process has been successfully completed for V2 Grade 5-layer CLT made from Spruce-pine-fir (SPF), certification of the company\u2019s other panel layups will be quickly completed in the coming months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elementfive.co\/content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/SC_Element5_7-scaled-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1279\" src=\"https:\/\/elementfive.co\/content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/SC_Element5_7-scaled-1-1920x1279.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1996\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementfive.co\/content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/SC_Element5_7-scaled-1-1920x1279.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/elementfive.co\/content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/SC_Element5_7-scaled-1-1000x666.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/elementfive.co\/content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/SC_Element5_7-scaled-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/elementfive.co\/content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/SC_Element5_7-scaled-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/elementfive.co\/content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/SC_Element5_7-scaled-1-1051x700.jpg 1051w, https:\/\/elementfive.co\/content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/SC_Element5_7-scaled-1-601x400.jpg 601w, https:\/\/elementfive.co\/content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/SC_Element5_7-scaled-1-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/elementfive.co\/content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/SC_Element5_7-scaled-1-2048x1364.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Element5 began construction on their new 137,000 ft<sup>2<\/sup> manufacturing facility in the second half of 2019, prior to the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. Despite the unforeseen challenges arising from the pandemic, the factory was constructed on schedule and the highly automated, state-of-the-art manufacturing line was installed, commissioned, and certified on the company\u2019s originally projected timeline. Element5 credits the achievement to the hard work and dedication of not only their team, but also the many partners involved throughout the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elementfive.co\/content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/SC_Element5_9-scaled-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1279\" src=\"https:\/\/elementfive.co\/content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/SC_Element5_9-scaled-1-1920x1279.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1998\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementfive.co\/content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/SC_Element5_9-scaled-1-1920x1279.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/elementfive.co\/content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/SC_Element5_9-scaled-1-1000x666.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/elementfive.co\/content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/SC_Element5_9-scaled-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/elementfive.co\/content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/SC_Element5_9-scaled-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/elementfive.co\/content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/SC_Element5_9-scaled-1-1051x700.jpg 1051w, https:\/\/elementfive.co\/content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/SC_Element5_9-scaled-1-601x400.jpg 601w, https:\/\/elementfive.co\/content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/SC_Element5_9-scaled-1-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/elementfive.co\/content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/SC_Element5_9-scaled-1-2048x1364.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cChris and his team, jointly with our valuable partners PFS TECO and Ledinek, have worked incredibly hard together to achieve this goal in a very short period of time and they all deserve credit and appreciation for this major accomplishment on Element5\u2019s journey\u201d says Element5\u2019s President and CEO, Patrick Poulin. \u201cWe know many people are celebrating this milestone along with us. Developers and designers have been anticipating the availability of Ontario-made CLT and we are excited to move forward on projects in our pipeline.\u201d &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(St. Thomas | Toronto | Ripon \u2013 April 6, 2021) Element5, Ontario\u2019s first and only Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) manufacturer, is proud to announce that their new factory in St. Thomas, Ontario, has received certification from PFS TECO of Cottage Grove, WI (USA) for the production of CLT under the ANSI\/APA PRG 320-2019 Standard for Performance-Rated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1996,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementfive.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1992"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementfive.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementfive.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementfive.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementfive.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1992"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/elementfive.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5111,"href":"https:\/\/elementfive.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1992\/revisions\/5111"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementfive.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementfive.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementfive.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementfive.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}