“Our city of Duluth, Minnesota constructed a lakefront boardwalk approximately ten years ago as part of a city adjacent urban interstate highway project. After test trials using Iron Woods brand Ipe, we elected to use Iron Woods brand Ipe for the one mile boardwalk along our Lake Superior shoreline. The Iron Woods have received about every type of punishment and use test known, and remains in essentially the same condition as when constructed. It retains it's surface without splintering, checking or other types of wood deterioration. The use is primarily as a pedestrian boardwalk, yet service and emergency vehicle use occurs to a limited extent without damage to the wood. During winter snow seasons, an adjacent bituminous trail is plowed for pedestrian use with the boardwalk often used by cross country skiers leaving snow cover over it's surface and edges.”
Kent Worely, Landscape Architect, Duluth, MN

Maintenance

"Iron Woods structural integrity and beauty is totally intact with no maintenance attention other than sweeping or removing beachrock, boulders and lake debris thrown onto it during fall and spring off-lake storms."
Kent Worely, Landscape Architect, Duluth, MN

Iron Woods Verses Alternative Materials

“As you know, Continental Bridge is the nation’s largest designer and manufacturer of pedestrian bridges for use in parks, golf courses, trails, and other recreational and industrial uses.

Over the twenty-five years we have been in business, wood decking has been the premier choice by pedestrian bridge owners. Wood is preferred because of it's appearance and it’s relative lower cost to other options such as concrete, asphalt, and steel. In our early years we used Southern Yellow Pine decking. However, we found it to be too soft and the quality was not consistent.

Finally after using your Iron Woods product, we now have a natural wood decking which is stable, consistent in quality and beautiful. Our customers rave when they see your wood on our bridges.”
David G. Rogers, PE, VP, Continental Bridge Corporation

“Our early research information discovered a description comparing the Iron Woods to steel. Unlike steel, we don’t have to use any surface treatments-paints or stains, and it doesn’t rust.
Kent Worely, Landscape Architect, Duluth, MN

Fire Resistance

“Iron Woods natural fire retardant capability made it attractive for exterior balcony and boardwalk use.”
Kent Worely Landscape Architect, Duluth, MN

“Based on the data produced by the USDA Forest Service Forest Products Laboratory and the ASTM E-84 test data from Shimel and Sor Testing Laboratories, Inc., I find that Iron Woods Ipe meets the intent of the San Francisco Building Code for rooftop decks.”
Department of Building Inspection, San Francisco

Slip Resistance

“With our lakefront exposure, concerns for slipperiness when wet were unfounded because the texture “opens” enough to provide good walking traction.”
Kent Worely, Landscape Architect Duluth, MN

Appearance and Quality

“Valley Crest would like to thank you for your participation in the Queensway Bay Landing Project. We are pleased to confirm that the Iron woods brand Ipe was superior in grade, quality, color, and availability to the other brands of Ipe procured for this project.”
Richard A. Sperber, President, Valley Crest Corporation

Service

“The Iron Woods brand Ipe supplied was as promised, in complete conformance with the specifications for the Queensway Bay Landing Project. The timely delivery of Iron Woods brand Ipe to our subcontractors was in fact critical in achieving and maintaining a successful construction schedule for their portion of this contract. We would also like to thank you for coming to our rescue on the handrail portion of this contract. The availability of large dimension stock from your inventories saved us from incurring liquidated damages on this portion of the contract when other vendors failed to meet supply and price obligations.”
Richard A. Sperber, President, Valley Crest Corporation

“Timber Holdings Ltd. was superior in your customer service, providing technical information and competitive pricing. All in all our Iron Woods experience has been great! We are now able to offer a premium wood decking to our customers. I want to thank you and all of your personnel for their wonderful service. We look forward to many years of continued relationship and many more satisfied customers.”
David G. Rogers. PE, VP, Continental Bridge Corporation

We have realized here in Healdsburg that an important part of our success is not only selling ‘good’ products, but ones that differentiate us from the competition. Iron Woods has let us do that. However, we also know that is only part of the equation. The product line is only as good as the vendor who supplies it.

I have been around this business for more years than I care to admit, and seldom have I run into a company as exceptional as yours.
Jeff Howard, Sales Manager, Capitol Lumber Company

“I am writing this letter to thank you very much for your cooperation to complete the latest rush job of the Andong Outdoor Performance Center. We are very happy to complete the project on time and not pay any penalties. The client has expressed their satisfaction not only with the quality of the material but also with your good service.”
Soonho Gimm, WTC Co. Ltd.

Environmental Record

We chose Iron Woods after carefully investigating the marketplace. We were sold on the fact that you utilize third party inspection and certification. This is extremely important for our governmental customers, who demand proof that the product specified is indeed the product they receive. We also found that your company was the only supplier that appeared to be committed to environmental protection of our forests.
David G. Rogers, .PE, VP, Continental Bridge Corporation

“We feel Timber Holdings is a very reputable company. Their heart is in the right place.”
Francine Stephens, Rainforest Alliance

“This particular company has done everything it can to be doing the right thing from an environmental point of view”
Dr. Patrick Moore, Founding member of ‘Greenpeace’ and ‘GreenSpirit’