This year’s prefabAUS conference sponsored by Xlam and titled “Delivering next generation buildings” will showcase an impressive list of speakers. Source: Timberbiz Speakers will represent local industry, the US, New Zealand and Europe, to explore best practice today and opportunities

Growing up in the ’90s, we were told that using too much paper was killing trees and, well, who wants to be a tree killer? From this perspective, it seems that we are better off embracing the digital era; books and notepads ought to be a thing of the past, replaced by laptops and tabl

Teenagers are set to study the use of drones for the first time in a new Environmental Science A-level subject in the UK. Source: The Telegraph UK Students will also learn how DNA is used to combat the multi-billion pound illegal timber trade, AQA, the exam board in charge of the new

Accoya, the modified wood produced by Accsys Technologies, has been specified for the cladding of a giant replica of Noah’s Ark in Williamstown, Kentucky in the United States. Source: Timberbiz Answers in Genesis (AiG) is the organisation funding the one-of-a-kind attraction, Ark Enco

Death and injury are not usually high on the list of concerns for the average office worker. But for those working in agriculture, forestry and fishing, perhaps they should be.  Source: Sydney Morning Herald An analysis of the most recent data set from Safe Work Australia found the ag

About 200 workers have walked off the job at a Napier timber mill in a 24-hour strike. Source: Radio New Zealand Workers at the Pan Pac Mill have rejected the company’s offer to settle a collective agreement, describing the offer as “miserly”. The workers are represe

XLam Australia has boosted its capability in design and construction, with the appointment of former AECOM Melbourne senior structural engineer, Nick Hewson, to the role of technical manager. Source: The Fifth Estate The move brings to three the number of full time staff in the compan

Pine forests have become the habitat of choice for the threatened New Zealand falcon in the central North Island, and forestry companies have had to adapt to work around them. Source: Stuff NZ Timberlands, which manages Kaingaroa Forest, can spend NZ$10,000 a year shifting cultivating

Agriculture’s innovative young leaders should apply now to attend a three-day agricultural summit to be held from 21-23 September 2016 in Albury, NSW. Source: Timberbiz GrowAg – Cultivating Excellence in Ag for our Farming Future is a pre-eminent cross-industry forum, bringing togethe