Grade Stamp Inspection Services

As an accredited agency with the Canadian Lumber Standards Accreditation Board (CLSAB) and the American Lumber Standards (ALS), CMSA is responsible for ensuring the integrity of grade stamped Canadian Lumber by any of our member mills.

To ensure against accidental, unintentional or intentional misuse of abuse of CMSA registered grade stamps, CMSA maintains a staff of Grade Inspection Supervisors to visit manufacturing facilities on a frequent but irregular basis. They shall report on the quality of:

* Grades
* Grade Stamping
* Sizes
* Manufacturing
* Lengths
* Moisture Content
* Specie

CMSA provides grade inspection services for the following lumber product standards:

* NLGA
* R List
* BS 4978
* AS 2858
* JAS
* CFLA JPS-1

Download Grade Stamp Agreement (PDF)

 

 

Questions?

Please contact Stuart Sing at:
Cell Phone: (604) 230-2661

or contact our office at:
Phone: (604) 523-1288 or
E-mail: sing@canserve.org