10 truckloads of timber for Easter Show
22 March 2017
Ten truckloads of timber from Badja, Bago and Yambulla State Forests are making their way to the Sydney Royal Easter Show to be used in wood chop competitions. Source: Eden Magnet Forestry Corporation of NSW’s sales and distribution supervisor Andy Costello said 4017 chopping blocks a
Continue Reading →Heyfield workers rally but mill may go south
22 March 2017
The owners of the Heyfield sawmill have no intention to sell it to the State Government and have revealed more about details of their plans to relocate the mill to Tasmania. Sources: ABC News, The Age, AAP, Herald Sun, The Australian The jobs of 260 Heyfield workers are in limbo after
Continue Reading →Timber is the right disruption for the future
16 March 2017
When you get timber design right, working with different professions, it’s like beautiful music says UK architect Andrew Waugh. Source: The Fifth Estate But timber buildings are also like a tsunami – the UK has 500 already and his firm is “run off its feet” with demand. Designing with
Continue Reading →New beginning for Gunns sawmill
08 March 2017
The derelict wasteland of the former Gunns sawmill in Scottsdale has been given a new lease of life by the local community. Source: The Examiner The once thriving mill employed 180 people in its heyday, but after the turn of the millennium, the apparent downturn of the forestry indust
Continue Reading →Toxic Kopper site approved for housing
02 March 2017
A former timber treatment site in Bungendore has been approved for residential development despite it being contaminated with cancer causing substances. Source: The Canberra Times Despite the contamination, it has been 11 years since the Environment Protection Authority tested the sit
Continue Reading →Xlam feeding the need for CLT
02 March 2017
The long wait for Australian-made cross laminated timber (CLT) is nearly over. Xlam Australia will open its first CLT manufacturing plant in Wodonga and be producing panels for construction by the close of 2017. Source: Architecture and Design The company shared its plans to build a f
Continue Reading →Flat pack apartments now more common
02 March 2017
A material used in construction for centuries is making a comeback, as developers and builders take timber to new heights. Source: ABC News On a site in Campbelltown, where four apartment towers are being built, almost the only noise you can hear is from another construction site near
Continue Reading →McVilly timber has buyer interest
02 March 2017
“Several parties” have expressed interest in purchasing McVilly Timber, which operates under the company name of Mount Edisar Pty Ltd, administrators say. Source: The Standard Administrators were appointed to Terang-based McVilly Timber on February 13, closing the company, which has o
Continue Reading →CLT for big and small developments
23 February 2017
Hume Partners Property, the developer behind Melbourne’s tallest timber commercial tower, is also building its smallest – a single-storey childcare centre. Source: Australian Financial Review The company backed by BRW Rich-Lister Peter Scanlon has partnered with childcare indust
Continue Reading →Hyne welcomes Taiwanese importers
23 February 2017
Hyne Timber welcomed Taiwanese visitors to the Tuan Mill near Maryborough for a tour of their manufacturing plant. Source: Timberbiz For more than 18 years, Hyne Timber has been exporting large volumes of processed, plantation softwood from both Maryborough (QLD) and Tumbarumba (NSW)
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