The Ark – a major wood project
30 March 2017
The mammoth Ark Encounter project situated in Williamstown, Kentucky, halfway between Cincinnati and Lexington, on I-75 is being recognized as the world’s largest freestanding timber frame structure, with a total of 3.1 million board feet of timber used in its construction. Source: Ba
Continue Reading →Endangered tree sold for $1.1m
30 March 2017
A rare and endangerd tree has been felled in Vietnam after a businessman paid $US1.1 million ($A1.4 million) at an auction for its lumber. Source: The Australian The sua tree, which had been collectively owned by villagers in northern Vietnam’s Bac Ninh province, was sold for 24
Continue Reading →A Trump of trees
30 March 2017
Adrien Taylor has launched “Trump Forest”, an initiative to encourage businesses to pledge trees to a global forest against United State President Donald Trump. Source: Stuff NZ Forests around the world could soon bear the name of United States President Donald Trump if on
Continue Reading →Carlsberg comes to Hawke’s Bay
30 March 2017
An Austrian aristocrat who recently bought a sheep and beef farm in northern Hawke’s Bay plans to plant the property in radiata pine and name it Carlsberg Forest. Source: Stuff NZ Once the property is planted in radiata pine as planned, that should make it unique as there are no
Continue Reading →TFS rebrands to Quintis to market perfume
30 March 2017
Australian sandalwood producer Tropical Forestry Services has rebranded, as the company pivots its focus from growing trees to marketing its product to the perfume, pharmaceutical and skincare trade. Source: ABC News Rural Now known as Quintis, the Perth-headquartered company said the
Continue Reading →Prince of Wales Award for Sustainable Forestry
30 March 2017
The Prince of Wales Award for Sustainable Forestry is open and entries must be submitted by 1 May 2017 but to enter you must join the Institute of Foresters of Australia. Source: Timberbiz The Award is to recognise the achievements of outstanding young forest professionals and is to e
Continue Reading →NZ missing the mark on CLT
30 March 2017
New Zealand is missing a prime opportunity to combine its sustainable timber resources with an innovative manufacturing system to build faster and more efficiently. Source: Urban Developer Lend Lease Australia’s Head of Operational Excellence Daryl Patterson says Cross Laminated Timbe
Continue Reading →Braines seeks answers on logging in Bodalla State Forest
30 March 2017
North Narooma resident Bill Braines has finally got some answers about the logging operation that took place last year around his property off Wagonga Scenic Drive. Source: Narooma News The Environmental Protection Authority launched an investigation into the logging operation after n
Continue Reading →McVilly Timber in liquidation
30 March 2017
Terang-based McVilly Timber has been placed into liquidation following a “lack of satisfactory offers” for the sale of the business. Source: The Standard McVilly Timber, operating under the company name of Mount Edisar Pty Ltd, was placed in administration last month with debts of $1
Continue Reading →Hyne Timber a Cherry picker
30 March 2017
With the support of the Queensland Government’s Advanced Queensland PhD Scholarships initiative and in collaboration with the University of Southern Queensland (USQ), Hyne Timber has appointed a Graduate Engineer to join their team near Maryborough. Graduate Engineer, Rebecca Ch
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