A report on the environmental impacts of forestry prepared for New Zealand’s Gisborne District Council recommends identifying some forest areas that should not be replanted after harvest. Source: Gisborne Herald But chief science specialist Trevor Freeman told the council’s environmen
Housing industry expert David Chandler OAM will make the Keynote Address “Shaking the Tree – Challenging our Conventional Thinking” at the Doing Timber Business in Queensland conference on 9 June 2016. Source: Timberbiz David has led major construction projects such
The commercialisation of the Low Odour Timberlink Green LOSP outdoor product will be presented as a case study example of successful innovation in the timber products market in Australia, at the upcoming Wood Innovations conference to be held in late May/June in Melbourne and Rotorua.
A conference in Rotorua under the banner “Changing Perceptions of Engineered Timber for Construction” aims to encourage collaboration among designers, engineers, quantity surveyors, architects and developers. Source: Timberbiz This special one-day conference on 26 May from 8am-7pm at
An interim report by the Senate Economics Committee inquiry into non-conforming building products shows a bipartisan commitment to ensure the quality of building products used in Australian buildings remains on the national agenda after the Federal election. Source: Timberbiz The comm
Speakers from Europe, Canada, USA and local experts will present at the Frame Australia 2016 Conference and Exhibition with delegate attendance expected to be an all-time record high in 18 years of the event. Source: Timberbiz The conference theme “Building construction with prefabric
Leading forests and timber products publisher Ryan Media has been appointed a supporting sponsor and media partner for the Australian Timber Design Awards. Source: Timberbiz Australasian Timber Magazine published by Ryan Media, which circulates in Australia and New Zealand, will provi
Urban explorers from Ukraine say they have discovered logging operations inside the Chornobyl exclusion zone and warn that irradiated wood is being sold to unsuspecting consumers. Source: CBC Canada “I wouldn’t want to live in such a house,” Artur Kalmykov said. The
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