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NC-2009 MRc7:Certified Wood

FSC invoices

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Teresa Bell
Allegheny Millwork
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from the FAQ's: "GBCI had required invoices for all wood products, but has switched to requiring only invoices for FSC certified products, per the April 2008 FSC memo, which states that all invoices must be collected, but they do not need to be submitted. The reviewer does not need to see those to determine compliance." Can you please clarify the following for me: only invoices for FSC claim products are required to be submitted but FSC Raw materials invoices would not be required to be submitted. is that correct? Is there a link to the April 2008 memo ?

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Jason Grant
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Sun, 04/28/2013 - 16:56

I'm not totally clear as to what you mean by "FSC claim products" vs. "FSC Raw materials," but hopefully this will help: The relevant submittals are "vendor" invoices for FSC-certified products, with "vendor" defined as companies that sell wood products into the project. As a woodworker, this means your invoice for your FSC-certified woodwork/millwork package is the submittal -- and you do not need to also submit the invoices from your suppliers for the materials you use. To take another example, if a flooring distributor supplies FSC-certified wood flooring for the job, then their invoice will be used for the submittal -- and for LEED purposes, the invoices of the multiple parties that are likely "upstream" from the distributor in the value chain all the way back to the forest (flooring manufacturer, lumber distributor, sawmill, logger...) are irrelevant. I will send you a copy of the April 2008 memo if you email me at jason@jasongrantconsulting.com

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