Gillion Logging is using a UAV for running hauler ropes to remove workers from the slow and difficult task. Source: Blakely Pacific Bill Winmill the owner of Gillion Logging Ltd, based in Waikouaiti in North Otago in New Zealand has been contracted to Blakely Pacific Ltd for 15 years.

Australian mass timber experts will come together in Sydney in June to discuss the part that mass timber elements such as Cross Laminated Timber panels, large glulam and LVL are playing in the Australian construction sector. Source: Timberbiz The “Mass Timber in Multi-Storey and Comme

Minister for the Environment, the Hon Greg Hunt, has introduced legislation into Parliament amending the Renewable Energy Target (RET). Source: Timberbiz “In a time of significant cynicism about politics it is great news to be able to applaud a Minister on keeping two key promises,” s

Do trees communicate with each other?  And if so, how? Surprisingly, the answer is yes. They might seem like the strong, tall and silent type, but trees actually communicate with each other. Source: ABC Science Forest ecologist Dr Suzanne Simard, from the University of British Colombi

While a bicycle and a building are at opposite ends of the spectrum in terms of function and scale, some of the principles that underpin their structural integrity are essentially the same. This means that the construction of the wooden bicycle serves as an excellent means for explori

Stakeholders have until June 5 2015 to make a submission to the Forest Industry Advisory Council (FIAC) to help shape the future of the forest industry. In March the FIAC’s issues paper Meeting future market demand: Australia’s forest products and forest industry – a strat

Unions claim the Tasmanian Government is trying to shed about a quarter of Forestry Tasmania’s workforce before a pay rise its workers have been awarded kicks in. Source: ABC News Forestry Tasmania is consulting on a plan to shed between 50 and 100 full-time equivalent positions

More than 50 investors in collapsed forestry scheme Timbercorp have been slapped with bankruptcy notices as liquidators ramp up their collection processes after a ‘Christmas’ moratorium on the recovery process lapsed. Source: The Sydney Morning Herald Three investors have