Structural wood products in onshore buildings at Naval Station Norfolk, 2000.

Abstract

As of December 31, 2000, there were 603 buildings at Naval Station (NAVSTA) Norfolk with a combined floor area of nearly 17.3 million ft2. In one-third of these buildings, structural wood products were used in one or more major structural building applications, utilizing an estimated 11.6 million board feet of lumber, 0.4 million ft2 (3/8-in. basis) of structural panels, and 0.1 million ft2 (3/8-in. basis) of fiberboard. Wood buildings, on average, were about 40% smaller than their nonwood counterparts. They were also older. Half of all the buildings and three-fourths of all wood buildings pre-date 1950. The role of wood has greatly diminished at NAVSTA Norfolk over the past 50 years.

Keywords

Lumber, softwood plywood, OSB, fiberboard, military construction, nonresidential construction, U.S.Navy, NAVSTA Norfolk.

Citation

McKeever, David B. 2003. Structural wood products in onshore buildings at Naval Station Norfolk, 2000. Gen. Tech. Rep. FPL-140. Madison, WI : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, 2003. 30 pages.