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Richard Stanton award to Sydney Metro team

24 October 2019
The sustainability team behind Australia’s largest infrastructure project in recent years, the Sydney Metro Northwest project has won the coveted Richard Stanton Memorial Prize for Excellence in Sustainable Forest Management for 2019. Source: Timberbiz Announced during the Responsible
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Swamp kauri found at building site 45,000 years old

24 October 2019
A cache of swamp kauri found by construction workers earlier this year on the West Auckland building site of the country’s largest retail store may yield important information about climate change according to a leading environmental scientist. Source: Timberbiz Results from radiocarb
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Timber features bring home the awards for Master Builders

24 October 2019
Larkin and Drought Builders has received dual awards for Master Builder of the Year and Regional Residential Builder of the Year. Master Builders Victoria CEO Rebecca Casson and President Richard Hansen presented the awards for the company’s Barwon Heads home that features concrete wa
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Young Gippslanders voice their endorsement of forestry

24 October 2019
The opinions of young Gippslanders have been in captured in a report outlining their recommendations to the State Government on the future management of forests in Victoria. Shadow Minister for Public Land Use and The Nationals Member for Eastern Victoria Melina Bath was joined by Lea
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OFO submission to SA Legislative Council timber committee

24 October 2019
OneFortyOne (OFO) has made its submission to the SA Legislative Council Select Committee on Matters Relating to the Timber Industry in the Limestone Coast. Chief executive officer, Linda Sewell, stated that the company had responded to the question of whether the export of wood fibre
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Feedback needed for NSW draft bill on design & building

22 October 2019
Fair Trading NSW is seeking feedback on a draft of the proposed Design and Building Practitioners Bill 2019 and has released a draft of the Bill which delivers on reforms committed by the NSW Government in response to the Building Confidence Report written by Professor Peter Shergold
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C3 begins 5-year harvest contract with Forestry NSW

22 October 2019
C3, part of LINX Cargo Care Group, has began operations under a five-year softwood clearfell harvest contract with Forestry Corporation NSW in the Walcha Management Region. Source: Timberbiz This is the first contract C3 has secured with the company and C3 is looking forward to delive
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Frame Australia conference details 2020

22 October 2019
The 2020 Timber Offsite Construction Conference organised by Frame Australia will be held at Crown Promenade in Melbourne on June 15 and 16. The conference is still the only national event for design, manufacture and construction of offsite timber and mass wood buildings and is at the
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Winners announced for Australian Timber Design 2019

22 October 2019
The Annual Australian Timber Design Award winners for 2019 were announced recently in Melbourne and fitzpatrick + partners claimed first prize for their stunning Castlecrag home aptly named The Seed House. Source: Timberbiz The Seed House blends in seamlessly with the surrounding bush
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Despite increase in building, new home starts remain down

17 October 2019
The number of new homes commencing construction in the June quarter increased by 1.1%, the first increase since December 2017 according to Tim Reardon, HIA Chief Economist after the ABS released building activity data for the June quarter of 2019. Source: Timberbiz Despite a small imp
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