NZ Timber Design Award entries close soon
13 October 2016
You have until the end of the month to enter the 2017 NZ Wood-Resene Timber Design Awards. Source: Timberbiz Stage One entries close on Friday, 28 October, which is less than three weeks away. Entries are already coming in, but if we don’t have yours it can’t be considered, said NZ Wo
Continue Reading →Prefab comes at right time
13 October 2016
The capabilities of engineered-timber construction was a major focus for this year’s prefabAus conference. Source: Architecture & Design As the organisation’s members gathered for the third national conference in Sydney, a spate of prefab timber development is was underway all ove
Continue Reading →SA embraces prefab wooden apartments
13 October 2016
Timber-based prefabricated apartments being built in Adelaide could give momentum to the South Australian Government’s push for more inner city development, the Housing Industry Association (HIA) says. Source: ABC News South Australia’s first wooden apartments are being bu
Continue Reading →Wooden boards of different type
06 October 2016
There are certain images conjured up at the mention of a surfer – a year round tan, sun-bleached hair, even perhaps a slightly “hippy” attitude to life. Glen Warren is all that and more. Source: Weekly Times Now A carpenter by trade, the father-of-three is a keen surfer and a passiona
Continue Reading →Home Timber and Hardware sale complete
06 October 2016
Woolworths has completed the sale of its profitable Home Timber and Hardware franchise as part of its $1.5 billion exit from the home improvement sector. Source: Yahoo7 The supermarket giant says the $165 million sale of Home Timber and Hardware to Mitre10 owner Metcash has been compl
Continue Reading →Offsite construction advances
06 October 2016
We will all have our own view as to what we think prefabrication and offsite construction is, and whatever your view is, I suggest that it is unlikely to be wrong. Source: Sourceable However, I am equally confident in saying that it is increasingly likely to be incomplete or outdated.
Continue Reading →New design guide for mid-rise timber buildings
06 October 2016
Architecture, engineering and construction industry stakeholders are invited to access a new design guide for mid-rise timber buildings, released in response to recent changes to the National Construction Code (NCC). Source: Architecture & Design Made effective from 1 May this yea
Continue Reading →Midway to list
06 October 2016
Woodchip processor Midway is positioning itself for a run at the ASX boards, with the company understood to be embarking on a cornerstone process for its initial public offering. Sources: The Australian & Timberbiz Midway’s market value is expected to be about $250m in a deal bein
Continue Reading →First home buyers numbers even lower
06 October 2016
The number of first home buyers in Australia is actually much lower than previously reported, despite already being close to record lows, after the Australian Bureau of Statistics revised key figures over a four year period. Source: ABC News The ABS said it had worked with the Austral
Continue Reading →Wood is a fad for tall buildings
29 September 2016
Wood is all over the news — from CNN, to Forbes — as being the future of skyscrapers, but not everyone is so sure. Source: The Ubyssey “We are on this hype of ‘Oh, timber is fantastic — aren’t we great we’re using timber?’ but that’s like a pendulum swing phenomenon,” said Perry Adeba
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