The new technologies, incising, moisture tolerant phenolic adhesives and steam pressing were evaluated for the manufacture of laminated veneer lumber (LVL). Both 8- and 13-ply incised spruce LVL panels were prepared using these new technologies. The results showed that both steam pressing and self-generated steam from wet face and back veneers accelerated temperature rise in the innermost glueline of 13-ply incised spruce LVL panels. This would help facilitate faster production rates for LVL manufacture. Bond quality and edge bending values were determined for the steam-pressed 8-ply and 13-ply incised spruce LVL panels. In all cases the average % wood failure was above 90% indicating excellent adhesion between the moisture tolerant adhesive and wood. The modulus of rupture and modulus of elasticity values measured for the steam-pressed incised spruce LVL samples compared very favourably with those for a commercial Norway spruce 15-ply LVL product.