Log home construction workshop offered

April 23, 2010

The University of Alaska Fairbanks will offer a log homebuilding workshop May 24 through June 5 from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily at the Palmer Center for Sustainable Living.

Robert W. Chambers, world-recognized authority for handcrafted log home construction, will lead the hands-on sessions. The workshop will include basic procedures and techniques to help even the novice log builder get started with a project.

A maximum of 12 students will be accepted. Cost is $650 if registered by April 30th and $800 after that. Contact Valerie Barber, director of the UAF Forest Products Program, at 907-746-9466 or vabarber@alaska.edu.

MEDIA CONTACT: Nancy Tarnai, UAF School of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences public information officer, at 907-474-5042 or via e-mail at ntarnai@alaska.edu.

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