Lendlease’s 5th engineered timber building
29 June 2017
Fire and termites will be no threat to a nine-storey all-timber office block to be built in inner Brisbane, according to the construction team. Source: ABC News Taller wooden buildings exist in Australia and around the world but 25 King, now underway at the $2.9-billion RNA Showground
Continue Reading →Myrtleford comes together to help locked out workers
29 June 2017
Hundreds of families in a small north-east Victorian town have been without pay for almost 10 weeks, after the area’s biggest employer locked out its entire workforce. Source: The Sydney Morning Herald Nestled in the middle of the state’s picturesque alpine ranges, Myrtlef
Continue Reading →Fire station to be built of timber
29 June 2017
What better way to showcase the many qualities of engineered timber, including fire compliance in contemporary building design than a new Fire Station? Source: Timberbiz This was the view of Hyne Timber when a potential opportunity arose to give the Maryborough Fire and Emergency Serv
Continue Reading →Vic Govt of no use in Heyfield options
22 June 2017
Imported timber could be processed at Heyfield’s timber mill as its owners consider how it might remain open without the assistance of the Victorian Government. Source: The Weekly Times The Weekly Times understands imported plantation timber is among the options Hermal Group is consid
Continue Reading →CFMEU calls for unity in timber industry
22 June 2017
CFMEU boss Michael O’Connor has warned that Victoria’s timber industry is in crisis and has urged the Andrews Government and mill owners to work together with the union. Source: Herald Sun Mr O’Connor’s call for unity comes as 200 workers remain locked out of the Myrtleford mill over
Continue Reading →Frame Australia: Numbers justify confidence in the future
22 June 2017
The future of the timber construction industry presents some unique challenges but overall everything points to plenty of opportunity for those willing to learn, adapt and take some risks. Source: Timberbiz That was the over-arching message from this week’s Frame Australia 2017
Continue Reading →ASH will go to Tasmania
14 June 2017
ASH will axe 250 jobs and move to Tasmania after the owners say the Victorian government failed to make a “genuine offer” to keep its production on the mainland. Source: AAP Australian Sustainable Hardwoods’ Heyfield Mill will close in August, ahead of its original S
Continue Reading →CHH workers vote down pay deal
14 June 2017
Carter Holt Harvey’s timber mill at Myrtleford remains in limbo after workers voted down a new pay deal on Friday. Source: The Border Mail A total 97 workers voted no to the new enterprise agreement while 86 voted yes in the secret ballot over two days. Construction Forestry Mining an
Continue Reading →Forest Harvesting Optimisation Project Update
14 June 2017
A project is underway to review and update units of competency from the FWP Forest and Wood Products Training Package, in line with current forest harvesting optimisation technology and the impact on utilisation processes. Source: Timberbiz Draft units of competency and skill sets are
Continue Reading →Mediator appointed over unfair contracts legal dispute
08 June 2017
A mediator has been appointed to avoid a bitter legal dispute over alleged unfair contracts in the regional timber industry. Source: ABC Rural News Timber processor Hurford’s Hardwood employs more than 260 staff, including 100 on the north coast of New South Wales. Hurford direc
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