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Jan

Timber efficiencies could help ease nation’s housing crisis

University of Queensland researchers have found improving timber production efficiencies by just 5% could unlock supply for an extra 8,000 homes to be built in Australia each year.

Please see UQ News Article: https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2024/01/timber-efficiencies-could-help-ease-nations-housing-crisis

and article in Timber & Forestry ENews – Feb 1 2024 – Making more from what we have – Achievable production efficiencies could provide a part-solution for timber needs.

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May

Podcast – Timber Efficiency Research with Associate Professor Joe Gattas

ARC Advance Timber Hub Theme & Node Leader, Associate Professor Joe Gattas, at The University of Queensland’s School of Civil Engineering, was part of a recent episode of Pryda Pod. Joe wa ...

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Apr

The University of Queensland and CENAMAD join in to boost wood construction

Professor Keith Crews, Director of the ARC Advance Timber Hub along with Hub Chief Investigators, Associate Professor Joe Gattas and Kim Baber visited Chile in April, Santiago and Concepción, to lear ...

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Mar

Call for Abstracts – World Conference on Timber Engineering 2025

WCTE 2025 Call for Abstracts – due 30 June 2024 The World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE 2025) is being held in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia from 22nd June to 26th June 2025. The WC ...

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Feb

Sustainable Timber Construction Seminar – Presentation Videos

On the 6 February 2024 at The University of Queensland (UQ) an in-person seminar was hosted by ASCE Australia Section and UQ School of Civil Engineering. This in-person event brought together experts ...

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Feb

Aurecon commits to research hub

LAST week’s issue of Timber&Forestry eNews Issue 789, headlined the opening of ARC Advance Timber Hub. This week’s issue 790 has highlighted one of the Hub’s key supporters Aurec ...

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Feb

New timber hub at UQ already delivering results

The ARC Advance Timber Hub launch has made the cover page of this week’s issues of Timber&Forestry eNews – Issue 789. See Cover Story, page 3. Timber&Forestry eNews Issue 789 ...

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