CLTP Tasmania has officially launched the world’s first hardwood Cross Laminated Timber (CLT), along with its new brand – Cusp Building Solutions. The website www.cusp.com.au is now live ahead of a launch event, which is being held in Hobart on 29 June. Source: Timberbiz
Cusp CLT is made from Tasmanian Plantation Oak (Eucalyptus Nitens) sourced from Responsible Wood certified sustainable plantations and grown in Tasmania.
Using a resource that is currently exported as woodchips, the company has created a world-leading mass timber product for the Australian building industry.
Robert Morris-Nunn (AM), one of Tasmania’s most adventurous and respected architects will be officially launching the product and brand, with a keynote presentation about the future of the built environment.
Originally scheduled for 2 June, the launch was postponed due to the Victorian Coronavirus outbreak.
“I’ve waited 20 years to see this type of innovation come to fruition in Tasmania,” he said. “I’m already working on incorporating Cusp CLT into several very exciting projects. It is definitely the future of construction in this state,” Mr Morris-Nunn said.
Cusp Chief Executive Officer, Chris Skeels-Piggins says the business was born from a fundamental belief that it’s an obligation to extract the best possible value from the resources entrusted to us.
Chris Skeels-Piggins
“Cusp is about transformation, sustainability and a determination to drive change. Change that is in perpetualmotion: improving the built environment while continuously protecting the natural one,” Mr Skeels-Piggins said.
“The result is building solutions at the leading edge, with impeccable sustainability credentials. We discover better ways to create strikingly beautiful, effortlessly useful buildings and spaces. We also understand what matters in the wider world and how we can make a positive contribution to its future.”
Cusp’s products have achieved certification from the Engineered Wood Products Association of Australasia (EWPAA). They are the first CLT products in the world to do so.
