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University challenge to design sustainable community housing

19 December 2019
TRADA’s University Challenge 2020 in the UK will ask students to design sustainable community housing from timber in multi-disciplinary groups of six. Sixty students from 30 universities will descend on Cardiff University’s School of Engineering Queen’s Buildings for an in
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US housing continues to improve softwood prices remain flat

19 December 2019
The latest US housing starts data showed continued improvement. Such a strong end to what turned out to be a pretty good year for North American construction framing dimension softwood lumber prices – after a terrifying start – bodes well for 2020, according to the Madison
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Summer jobs in Finland forestry

19 December 2019
One of Finland’s biggest summer job recruitments is getting under way again. In the coming year, Metsä Group will provide a summer job for nearly 900 future professionals. The company is also offering almost 300 summer jobs outside Finland. Source: Timberbiz Metsä Group invests in pro
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WWF wants to ban native forestry but builds HQ with native timber

19 December 2019
WWF Australia has released a document which undercuts years of sensible, science based advocacy by one of the world’s most respected environmental organisations and which will have international ramifications. Source: Timberbiz The WWF Australia report, Towards Two Billion Trees, cont
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Formal warning issued to New Zealand forestry investor

19 December 2019
New Zealand’s Overseas Investment Office (OIO) has issued a formal warning to forestry investor Roger Dickie for breaking the overseas investment rules. OIO Group Manager, Vanessa Horne, says Mr Dickie and his companies specialise in finding land for forestry investors to buy. Source:
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myKomatsu improves parts offered online

19 December 2019
Komatsu has greatly expanded the range of parts that can be ordered through myKomatsu (my.komatsu.com.au), its online customer portal, to now include parts that are readily available but may not be in stock in its local distribution centre facilities. Source: Timberbiz Previously, par
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Going the whole log

19 December 2019
At Hyne they believe that every centimetre of every log has potential and so they respect every tree since each has spent 30-40 years in the plantation growing straight, strong and tall. They call this a “whole of log‑philosophy”. Source: Timberbiz A tour of Laminex’s Toolara Queensla
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Tech design guide for mid rise timber building

19 December 2019
The increasing use of timber building systems in mid-rise construction is creating a demand for engineering and design professionals familiar with their requirements. The new WoodSolutions Technical Design Guide, Mid-rise Timber Building Structural Engineering has been written to addr
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Gottstein wood science course

19 December 2019
Forest products are much more efficient users of energy than other materials and there is now a decreasing availability of products from some regions and changes in quality from others. A greater understanding of the user’s final requirements is needed to adjust to this situation. Sou
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Robocalls highlight Labor’s betrayal of timber workers

19 December 2019
Tens of thousands of voters in regional Victoria have received robocalls over the past 48 hours, highlighting Labor’s betrayal of timber workers, their families and timber communities. Source: Timberbiz The calls feature a timber worker and Construction Forestry Maritime Mining and En
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