Sentence examples for construction lumber from inspiring English sources

Abundant moisture and a long growing season are conducive to the growth of evergreens with very hard wood, excellent for construction lumber.

Giant redwood trees were first dismissed as construction lumber; it was not a hardwood.

A large fraction of municipal waste is wood, e.g., old furniture and construction lumber, and backyard dead trees.

Its food-processing, construction, and lumber industries use agricultural and forest products from the area.

The garbage-laden trains are operated by the local New York & Atlantic Railway, which for years has shipped cargo like beer, construction debris, lumber, propane and scrap metal.

I GREW up in the 1950's in Lawrence, Mass., an old industrial city where my father had a small construction and lumber business.

It is astonishing to me how much wood the cabin has swallowed during the process of construction: framing lumber, sheathing, siding and now interior walls and floors.

The continued economic windfall from railroad construction and lumber mills led to a further boom in Missoula's population.

Of the $1 billion a day in trade that crosses between the United States and Canada, few sectors are as important as construction-grade lumber.

Commerce Secretary Donald L. Evans announced those measures after meeting with senators from states that would be hurt if Canada floods the market with construction-grade lumber once limits are lifted.

It is one of the most terrifying moments for any novice urban cyclist: the first time a huge, high-sided construction truck lumbers alongside, the driver invisible within their lofty cab.