Pre-Conference
Accelerated Building Course

Click here to view photos of the course in progress at www.moosemountain.com/ilba.htm

A hands-on workshop in Accelerated Log Building – the patent-pending new method by Robert Chambers – will be held immediately before the 2001 Kananaskis Conference.

The workshop, taught by Robert Chambers, will cover what you need to know to build with the Accelerated method. It will be five days long, April 1st through 5th, and will be held at Lloyd Beckedorf's building yard, Moose Mountain Log Homes, in Cochrane, Alberta.

Accelerated log building is the new way to build full-scribe log buildings. Known as the "stack-scribe-cut" method, it is 30% more efficient (or more) than the traditional one-log-at-a-time methods to build the same shell. It is also safer, since all cutting can be done on the ground. Even Beckedorf, "double-cut" or "double-scribed" long grooves can be completely cut on the ground–this has to be seen to be believed.

Brooks Minde, of Minde Handcrafted Log Homes, Inc, has built several shells with the new method and says: "I hope you don't try the Accelerated Method because then my company will have an incredible advantage over your company. The Accelerated Method is beautiful in its simplicity."

This Accelerated Workshop is open only to professional log home builders, and will cover accelerated basics, building with openings, floor joists, sill logs, log selection in accelerated buildings, controlling the widest gap, dealing with complex floorplans, scaffolding, drilling holes, and more. A detailed step-by-step workbook will be provided to all workshop participants.

The shell produced at this workshop will be sold by the Association to help fund our activities. Contact Cathy at 800-532-2900 or email info@logassociation.org for information on buying the shell.

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