by Sarah Spoelstra | May 14, 2025 | News, Conferences, Sustainability
Lynn Gastineau, from Gastineau Log Homes, talks about the proliferation of “fake wood” products at the 2025 International Builders’ Show. Lynn gives us some background on how she got into the log home industry, working in the sawmill with her dad. She shares...
by Sarah Spoelstra | Mar 25, 2025 | News, Donations
We sat down with Les Burch, Charis Babcock, and Todd MacArthur from Sascho and talked about why they’ve given their time, money, and resources to the IMTA over the years. Plus we talk about their new initiative to staff the...
by Sarah Spoelstra | Jan 23, 2025 | News, Thermal Mass Performance
This month, we sat down and chatted with Brett Youngstrom from Yellowstone Log Homes via Zoom to learn more about his family’s story—how they started building log homes, why they got involved with the IMTA, and where he thinks the future of log homes is headed. Below,...
by Sarah Spoelstra | Jan 21, 2025 | News
Ever wonder how the IMTA began? One day after the 2018 ICC Code Development Hearings, Rob Pickett, Doug Parsons, Bob Kenel, and Dean Crocker met to recap the events. Out of that meeting came the IMTA’s humble beginnings and mission to prove that mass timber and...
by Sarah Spoelstra | Nov 19, 2024 | News, Testing Updates, Thermal Mass Performance
As many of you know, log and timber homes present unique challenges, especially regarding energy efficiency. Energy codes being drafted now are tailored for conventional home-building techniques and don’t consider the thermal mass properties of wood—leaving log and...
