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Robinson Nature Center Wins 2014 WoodWorks Wood Design Award
We had a learning-packed day at the WoodWorks Mid-Atlantic Wood Solutions Fair in DC yesterday. We enjoyed the sessions we attended and we'll be blogging more about those later. We were also really...
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Successful First Unalam Learning Course
Last night, we offered our first Unalam Learning course since becoming an AIA CES Approved Provider. We held it at our Sidney, NY manufacturing plant and included a presentation followed by a tour of...
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Wood Really Does Do More For You
From our years in the wood products industry we know that wood adds warmth and character to the aesthetics of a building. At the recent Mid-Atlantic Wood Solutions Fair presented by WoodWorks, we...
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Glulam Installation
This photo shows a glulam beam that we manufactured being lifted into place on the jobsite.
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More Glulam Installation Photos
Our CEO traveled south last week and visited a couple of Unalam jobsites. We wanted to share some of the photos he took.This photo shows several large glulam arches installed over what will be a...
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Installation Photos Of Another Large Glulam Project
Here are photos from another job that our CEO recently visited. This is a huge glulam project that is being completed in a number of phases. We had to be flexible and worked very closely with the...
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Congratulations to the Sidney Center Fire Department on the Dedication of...
On yesterday's beautiful fall afternoon, visited the Sidney Center Fire Department to celebrate the dedication of their brand new station.In honor of the occasion, I presented Fire District board...
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Visit Us At The AIA New York Design Conference - This Friday, October 10
If you are going to the AIA New York Design Conference in Saratoga Springs this Friday, be sure to stop by booth #13 to say hello and to learn more about Unalam. We also have two free VIP passes to the...
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Cool Looking Glulam Connection
Here's a complicated connection that we fabricated for glulam bridge stringers. The first photo shows the cuts we had to make to the stringer, and the second shows the steel connection that we then...
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Unalam Engineer, Rik Vandermeulen, Presents at SEI Structures Day
Last Wednesday, Rik presented about glulam design at the Mohawk-Hudson Chapter of the Structural Engineering Institute's Structures Day. The event took place at the Italian American Community Center in...
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A Retirement Party For Two
Today, we celebrated with two longtime employees who have retired after many years of service. Ken Tilley started working on our night shift in 1969, and Ken Barton joined us in 1971. Both began...
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Back in September the MilfordCOREInstitute (Career Opportunities in Rural Education) filmed a JobZone video at our Sidney plant. Aimed at local students, these short movies highlight businesses and...
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Partially Treated Glulam Beams
When you are in a situation where part of your beam will be exposed outside or to a humid environment, and the other part will not, we are able to feather treated glulam into untreated material.Here is...
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Meet Our New Finishing Supervisor, Pat Brockway
Pat Brockway recently joined our team as our new Finishing Department Supervisor. She brings with her manufacturing experience, most recently working in Quality Assurance at Covidien - Mallinckrodt in...
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Curved Truss Bottom Chord
This photo shows some curved glulam members that will make up the bottom chords of trusses. These trusses were assembled in our finishing department, ensuring their fit and leaving less work for the...
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Curvy Glulam Roof Beams
We thought you might enjoy these photos of some curves we glued-up recently. They are going to be used for a roof structure to create a curved roof profile for our customer. It's another excellent...
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Festive Glulam Trellis
Welcome back! We hope that 2015 is off to a fantastic start for you. Here are some photos that we took as 2014 came to a close of a trellis we had manufactured earlier in that year. The trellis stands...
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Glulam Pedestrian Bridge
We're still in the midst of shipping those large arches, and we're busy with other projects, too. Here are some photos of a pedestrian bridge that we manufactured, finished, and assembled. When...
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From the Archives - Unalam and the Panama Canal
The papers around here regularly print stories from 50-100 years ago, just for fun. Because we have been around for so long, occasionally we learn about our own history. This little snippet from the...
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