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Simple Materials, Advanced Techniques – Whitefish company hopes European building style becomes new standard

"We used to be the best at carpentry and manufacturing and now we make crap," Pete Kobelt said of the state of industry in the United States.

Pete Kobelt hopes the future of building begins on Spokane Avenue in Whitefish.

Kobelt founded Innovative Timber Systems, LLC http://www.smartwoods.com/ , in hopes of bringing the cross-laminated timber system of building – standard across much of Europe – to North America. In Whitefish, the technique is being used on the new home of the Sawbuck DoJang martial arts school.

By Justin Franz

Full Story: http://www.flatheadbeacon.com/articles/article/simple_materials_advanced_techniques/24395/

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