Month: March 2025

The ARC Advance Timber Hub members are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Colin MacKenzie; a stalwalt of the timber industry in Australia. To learn more about Colin, please view the Timber Queensland tribute to Colin MacKenzie aka ‘The Timber Expert’.

Professor Keith Crews, ARC Advance Timber Hub Director and Chair of the 2025 World Conference on Timber Engineering, spoke exclusively to Wood Central about the importance of timber in the circular economy.

The ARC Advance Timber Hub are pleased to advise we have a HDR Opportunity available at The University of Queensland, St Lucia Campus.

Hub Node: Performance of Building Components
Hub Project: Connection Systems for Extended Building Life
Program: PhD
Location: The University of Queensland, St Lucia Campus
Research area: This project aims to create a clear and common understanding in the Australian engineering community around connection design through experimental performance evaluation and development of design guidance.

Please see link to opportunity:

Investigating timber connection performance for extended building life

Six Australian engineers will receive a full pass to the World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE), hosted in Brisbane June 22-26, 2025, thanks to the Gottstein Trust—Australia’s national education trust for wood products—which has secured the passes for timber engineers. For more information see Wood Central article below, or click here.

Professor Keith Crews, ARC Advance Timber Hub Director and Chair of the 2025 World Conference on Timber Engineering is featured in this Wood Central article on how Queensland has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to deliver a Games that offers a lasting legacy not just for Brisbane but all parts of Australia with the use of better timber and smarter design.