Sunday, May 28, 2023

About Us

Company

QB Corporation is in Salmon, Idaho, USA. The business started in early 1977, with the first beams produced being structural components for a 40′ X 90′ building to house the company. Once up and running, early production was around 30,000 board feet per week. The plant can produce over 1.5 million board feet per week, including arches and curves. QB is a member of the American Plywood Association. (APA-EWS) and the Engineered Wood Products Association (EWPA).
In addition to standard stock beams, we can build tapers, bevels, curves, arches, glulam trusses, and other custom fabrication, including metal fasteners and attaching hardware.
QB Corporation produces beams from softwood species, including Douglas Fir, Western Red Cedar, Alaska Yellow Cedar, and Southern Yellow Pine.
QB Corporation sells our product through a nationwide distribution system. We can ship to most ports in the United States for export to foreign markets. Contact us for product distribution information for your area.

Commitment to Quality

QB Corporation’s commitment and extra attention to quality set us apart. Quality to us is much more than just the essential product. It is all of the aspects of the business, from sales to manufacturing to shipping.
QB glulam beams are manufactured using kiln-dried lumber and waterproof glues to provide a product with high reliability and performance.

Environmental

► Wood and the Environment PDF (Attached) – Carbon impact on using renewable wood products for your building.
► QB Recycling:

• We take all the plastic wrapping used on our lumber and then recycle it. We also have trash cans around the facility to collect plastic bottles and aluminum cans to recycle.
• We make sure none of our wood scraps, trims, or sawdust go to waste by producing wood pellets. The pellets are bagged and sold to local markets to use for heating.

Meet our team of professionals

Mike Lane

President

mlaneqb@qbcorp.com
Ext. 1124

Rocky Walker

Maintenance Manager & Pellet Sales

qbrock@qbcorp.com
Ext. 1117

Karl Nichols

Sales

karl@qbcorp.com
Ext. 1112

Michael Lane

General Manager & Vice President

mwlane2@qbcorp.com
Ext. 1119

Clay Buhler

Quality Assurance

clay@qbcorp.com
Ext. 1122

Bob Butch

Sales Manager

bob@qbcorp.com
Ext. 1115

Andrey Tolmachev

Project Manager & CNC Fabrication

atolmachev@qbcorp.com
Ext. 1003

Glenn Goulet

Shipping & Lumber Purchaser

glenn@qbcorp.com
Ext. 1116

Shawn Anderson

Production Manager

anderson@qbcorp.com
Ext. 1118

Zac Troughton

Sales & CNC Fabrication

ztroughton@qbcorp.com
Ext. 1127

AVAILABLE SPECIES

Doug Fir/Larch, Alaskan Yellow Cedar, Southern Yellow Pine, Western Red Cedar, California Redwood, and others upon request.

CERTIFICATIONS

DSA/Title 24 (with inspection by others), and the City of Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety.

STOCK BEAMS

Stock beams in standard camber (5,000′ radius). 1,000,000/board feet on the ground.

PRESERVATIVE TREATMENT & SEALING STAINING

Incising for treating, custom staining, and sealing with specified coatings from customers. Pressure-treating requires coastal region Douglas Fir, or Southern Yellow Pine. QB outsources all pressure-treating, and it is recommended that any treatment for Glued Laminated beams be oil borne.

SURFACE TREATMENTS AND APPEARANCE GRADES

Framing (hit & miss), Industrial, Architectural, Premium Stain Grade, and Hand Select Premium.

PLANT CAPABILITIES

Length up to 120′, Width 1½“ to 20″, Depth 3″ to 96″

CUSTOM BEAMS

Specified radius or camber 600′ radius and larger at no extra cost. Net sizes per request.

FABRICATION

To include attached detail and corbel sheets. Glulam truss assembly, disassembly, and steel connectors (shop drawings by others) with various finishes for the steel, specified by the customer. Radial reinforcing, raceway for electrical or other access, and custom shapes.

TEXTURES

Sanded, Rough Sawn, Light Rough Sawn, and Wire Brush.

AVAILABLE COMBINATIONS

We offer the typical V4 and V8 layups and various other lay-up combinations from A.I.T.C. 117-2004, including 30f and E-rated lay-ups.

CURVES & ARCHES

7′ inside radius, larger, standard arches, and side curves. Members with tangents, constant curves, multi radii, pitch & camber, and Tudor arches.

TRANSPORTATION

Shipping on flat bed trucks with companies that deliver on time, anywhere in the U.S. Long, wide, and overweight loads need to be quoted on a per-job basis. Will call, FOB mill, or pick-up with your own freight company are all options

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