Video - "Scenes from the Amazon Region of Brazil"

In recent years, the Brazilian government has established stringent regulations to protect the forests and their delicate ecology. These regulations now require that 80 percent of Brazil’s forests be preserved. They also impose minimum size requirements for trees to be cut, and limit which species of trees can be taken. As part of the preservation plan and to encourage self-sufficiency, there are now numerous government-sponsored projects in place to help poor farmers by deeding them generous parcels of forest land. They are allowed to clear and farm 20 percent of that land, preserving the remaining 80 percent.   Click on a link below to watch the video...

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Video - "Preparation of the Timbers in Brazil "

After the customer has chosen which wood or woods will be used, the next step is preparation of the timbers in Brazil. ATF’s entire skilled workforce in Brazil consists of former boatbuilders, who are experts in handcrafting timbers.

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Video - "Leelanau, Michigan Timber Frame"

The head of ATF’s operation in Brazil, Bruce Korson, personally travels to each building site to supervise the “raising” (an industry term for putting up a timber frame), and the same skilled workers who craft the timbers in Brazil are sent to the job site to maintain the quality through the final assembly of the frame.

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