News Filter news by category Select multiple categories to view cross-referenced news. Hub NewsMedia Releases Found 54 Results 21Oct Queensland Future Timber Plan Charts Long-Term Vision for a Sustainable Timber Industry The Crisafulli Government has unveiled the Queensland Future Timber Plan — a long-term strategy designed to provide certainty for the forestry and timber industries while supporting regional jobs, s ... READ 21Oct Adam Faircloth’s Gottstein Fellowship Study Tour – Exploring the Global Understanding of Timber Vibration and Acoustics Queensland Department of Primary Industries (DPI) researcher and ARC Advance Timber Hub PhD Candidate Adam Faircloth was awarded a prestigious Gottstein Fellowship in 2024 to investigate global approa ... READ 17Oct Australian Timber Fire Station Wins Built by Nature Prize 2025 The ARC Advance Timber Hub is proud to celebrate the Queensland Fire and Emergency Services North Coast Regional Headquarters and Maryborough Fire and Rescue Station is one of six winning projects of ... READ 16Oct ARC Advance Timber Hub Researchers Present at Osaka World Expo 2025 ARC Advance Timber Hub Chief Investigators A/Prof Kim Baber, Dr Lisa Ottenhaus and A/Prof Joe Gattas, recently represented Australia’s timber research community at the Australian Pavilion during ... READ 16Oct “We Are Forestry” Showcases the Strength of South Australia’s Forest Industries As part of the 150th anniversary of South Australia’s forest industries, the South Australian Forest Products Association (SAFPA) has launched a powerful new short film, We Are Forestry. This inspir ... READ 16Oct Celebrating Scion’s Recognition for Outstanding Contribution The ARC Advance Timber Hub congratulates our partner Scion on being recognised for its outstanding contribution to forestry science and innovation. Scion’s commitment to advancing sustainable materi ... READ 13Oct ARC Advance Timber Hub Leaders present at Gottstein Trust Understanding Wood Science Course On September 11 & 12 2025. the, ARC Advance Timber Hub (ATH) Director and 1990 Gottstein Fellowship recipient Prof Keith Crews along with QLD DPI Forest Product Innovation Team Leader and 2024 G ... READ 07Oct ARC Advance Timber Hub Investigator Contributes to Innovative Publication on the Holistic Design of Taller Timber Buildings The ARC Advance Timber Hub is proud to celebrate the contribution of Chief Investigator Dr Lisa Ottenhaus from The University of Queensland to the recently published book Holistic Design of Taller Tim ... READ 29Sep Help Shape the Future of Hybrid Steel–Timber Systems We invite you to take part in a short survey exploring current practices, challenges, and opportunities in hybrid steel–timber construction—particularly steel-framed buildings with timber floors. ... READ 25Sep Arup to Lead Brisbane 2032 Victoria Park Masterplan – Continues Commitment to Sustainable Innovation The ARC Advance Timber Hub congratulates its partner Arup, recently appointed by the Queensland Government to lead the integrated masterplan for the Victoria Park Precinct, a flagship project for the ... READ 25Sep Designing Long-Span CLT Floors: Why Under-Floor Insulation Matters for Soundproofing The ARC Advance Timber Hub is pleased to highlight a recent blog article from our industry partner, Rothoblaas. This article aligns with the Hub’s Research Node on Performance of Building Components ... READ 24Sep Australian Timber Fire Station Shortlisted for Built by Nature Prize 2025 The ARC Advance Timber Hub is proud to advise that the Queensland Fire and Emergency Services North Coast Regional Headquarters and Maryborough Fire and Rescue Station, which is an exemplar project by ... READ 10Sep Help shape the future of Timber Construction No matter what your role is, if you are associated with forestry, timber, construction or the built environment we want you to help shape the future of timber construction through this short SURVEY! J ... READ 28Aug HDR Opportunity – Design for Extended Building Life 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: Design for Extended Building Life Hub Project: Circular ... READ 18Aug Help us shape timber connection research at the ARC Advance Timber Hub! Calling all timber industry professionals who design timber structures and joints in Australia. You are invited to complete a SURVEY to help establish the current understanding of connection design an ... READ 12Aug Advancing Timber Engineering: Insights from Seismic Design Seminar with Professor Massimo Fragiacomo In a collaborative initiative between The Advance Timber Hub, Aurecon & The Engineers Australia Structural College Board, Brisbane recently hosted an exclusive technical seminar on the seismic des ... READ 11Aug Draft Queensland Future Timber Plan The ARC Advance Timber Hub, represented by Director, Professor Keith Crews, is a standing member of the Queensland State Government’s Timber Supply Chain Ministerial Stakeholder Roundtable, esta ... READ 31Jul WCTE 2025 Wraps up in Brisbane: A Global Celebration of Sustainable Timber Innovation The University of Queensland and the ARC Advance Timber Hub were proud to host and organise the World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE 2025) which was held in Brisbane, Australia from the 22nd t ... READ 24Jul Reimagining Timber: Adaptive Structures From Out-of-Grade Wood The project REIMAGINING TIMBER was launched during Melbourne Design Week from the 15th to the 25th of May, at the Level 1 Foyer, RMIT Design Hub. The exhibition featured a small-scale prototype that s ... READ 15Jul Seeing the wood and the trees: the role of timber in future Wales The ARC Advance Timber Hub is pleased to share a recent Blog from Calvin Jones in relation to ARC Advance Timber Hub Research Node: Socio-Economic Opportunity Calvin is a Professor at Cardiff Business ... READ 15Jul HDR Opportunity – ARC Advance Timber Hub The ARC Advance Timber Hub are pleased to advise we have a HDR Opportunity available at the University of Tasmania. Hub Node: Building Performance for Occupants Hub Project: The bio-hygrothermal perfo ... READ 16May Griffith University Hosts Workshop on Timber Innovation for Vibrational and Acoustic Performance 15 April 2025 – Brisbane, Australia — The ARC Advance Timber Hub convened a highly engaging and collaborative workshop at Griffith University to showcase progress on the Node 1.1 project: Innovati ... READ 16Apr HDR Opportunity – ARC Advance Timber Hub The ARC Advance Timber Hub are pleased to advise we have a HDR Opportunity available at The University of the Sunshine Coast. Hub Node: Performance of Building Components Hub Project: Role of moisture ... READ 25Mar Timber Queensland tribute to Colin MacKenzie aka ‘The Timber Expert’. 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 Quee ... READ 19Mar We Must Bridge the Gap in Design and Service Life – Timber Can Help 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 ec ... READ 19Mar HDR Opportunity – ARC Advance Timber Hub 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: Connect ... READ 06Mar Your Chance to Rub Shoulders with the World’s Best Timber Engineers 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 educ ... READ 06Mar Brisbane Olympics Can Lead World with Timber Use — But It Needs Smarter Design 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-generatio ... READ 25Feb WoodSolutions Australian Timber Design Competition finalists will receive a bursary to attend the World Conference on Timber Engineering WoodSolutions has launched the Australian Timber Design Competition 2025. This national competition challenges the next generation of architects, engineers, and timber specialists to design a hypothet ... READ 25Feb Calling Australian Engineers – unique opportunity to attend the World Conference on Timber Engineering A unique opportunity has been unveiled with The Gottstein Trust offering six fully paid conference places at the upcoming World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE), being held in Brisbane from the ... READ 24Feb New & Improved Timber-Cardboard Panels Are a Lifesaver for Disaster Zones Great to see more media coverage of the research that Mahmoud Abu-Saleem and ARC Advance Timber Hub Chief Investigator, Associate Professor Joe Gattas are leading. The publication the media coverage i ... READ 19Dec Global Collaboration on Timber Innovation: Enhancing Urban Resilience Through Wood In May 2023, the University of Queensland hosted a local workshop focused on the theme “Urban Transition with Wood for Enhanced Resilience of Cities and Forests.” The event explored how timber can ... READ 10Dec ARC Advance Timber Hub Investigators Pioneer Disaster-Proof Timber-Cardboard Housing, Tackling Climate Crisis, and Reducing Bio Waste in NSW Researchers find a new way to create higher-value timber products from Northern NSW’s State Forests. Led by Mahmoud Abu-Saleem, Andrew Rose from Southern Cross University and ARC Advance Timber ... READ 27Nov Hub CI completes Gottstein International Fellowship on Moisture Management in Mass Timber Buildings ARC Advance Timber Hub Chief Investigator, Dr. Maryam Shirmohammadi, has recently completed an international fellowship study tour across Europe and Singapore, funded by the Gottstein Trust, where she ... READ 15Nov WCTE 2025 Draft Technical Program The WCTE 2025 Organising Committee are pleased to advise that the WCTE 2025 Draft Program is now available to view on the website WCTE 2025 – Key Dates & Program. The program includes deta ... READ 01Oct Driving Research Excellence The ARC Advance Timber Hub, a key player in the sustainable timber and forestry research sector, is proud to announce its inclusion in the Queensland Science Capability Directory. This listing marks a ... READ 19Sep Exploring Timber’s Future: From Forest to Fibre – Sustainable Innovation in Action Coinciding with a new exhibition at Hervey Bay Regional Gallery “Forest to Fibre: FCRC Hardwood Plantation (21 Sept to 17 Nov 2024)”, on the 2nd of October, the Harvey Bay Regional Gallery will be ... READ 27Jun Queensland Sustainable Timber Industry Framework The QLD Government announced a $200m Queensland Sustainable Timber Industry Framework on the 26 June 2024 including release of the terms of reference. The Framework will be developed in partnership wi ... READ 15May Professor Keith Crews: My Gottstein Fellowship Story WoodCentral has published an article highlighting the importance of the Gottstein Trust in their focus on Professor Keith Crews, ARC Advance Timber Hub Director, who was awarded a Gottstein Trust Fell ... READ 02May 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 ... READ 29Apr 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 ... READ 28Mar 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 ... READ 26Feb 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 ... READ 15Feb 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 ... READ 08Feb 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 ... READ 02Feb ARC Advance Timber Hub Launch Presentation – Professor Keith Crews The Australian Research Council (ARC) Research Hub to Advance Timber for Australia’s Future Built Environment (ARC Advance Timber Hub) was officially launched at The University of Queensland on Wedn ... READ 31Jan 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 ... READ 31Jan ARC Research Hub to Advance Timber for Australia’s Future Built Environment launched by Senator the Hon Anthony Chisholm The University of Queensland leads $16.5 million research hub focused on advancing sustainable timber in Australia’s future built environment. For decades, gleaming towers of steel and concrete have ... READ 20Dec Call for Abstracts – World Conference on Timber Engineering The World Conference on Timber Engineering 2025 has recently announced a Call for Abstracts. The conference committee invites authors to submit two-page abstracts/ mini papers by 30 April 2024. The Un ... READ 07Dec Australian Government signs up to increase the use of timber in buildings by 2030 The Forest and Climate Leaders Partnership Coalition on Greening Construction with Sustainable Wood announced today that at COP28, in Dubai, the Australian Government, with 16 other countries committe ... READ 22Nov ARC Advance Timber Hub Plots Exciting Future for Australian Industry The ARC Research Hub to Advance Timber for Australia’s Future Built Environment (ARC Advance Timber Hub) is an Australian Research Council (ARC) Industrial Transformation Research Hub which was fund ... READ 24Aug Timber 2032 Forum – Going for Gold on National Forestry Day Queensland Government officials and timber industry representatives met at The University of Queensland on the 22 August 2023 “National Forestry Day” to discuss utilising mass timber construction ... READ 03Aug WoodSolutions Technical Guide #39 on Robustness The ARC Advance Timber Hub is pleased to advise that the updated WoodSolutions Technical guide #39 on Robustness has been published (July 2023) following the work performed by research project “Prog ... READ 14Jul New ARC Research Hub to “Advance Timber for Australia’s Future Built Environment” On July 13, 2022, the Hon Jason Clare MP and Australian Research Council (ARC) announced a grant of $3 million in research and development (R&D) funding to establish the ARC industrial Transformat ... READ
