Designing For Fire
As our regulatory bodies struggle to keep up with ever-worsening fire seasons, should we rethink how we design for homes in fire-prone areas? Just as I sat down to write this story in early November, the phone rang. It was my mums. They were on the road, having...
Open Source Gem
Wesbeam’s newest guide will expand the use of LVL. Problems regarding a lack of experience or knowledge re specifying Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL) have caused some designers to stick with the more familiar steel or concrete instead of turning to timber. In response,...
Best in Show
Every year the Timber Design Awards highlight brilliant uses of timber materials, and 2019’s overall winner is a gem. The annual Timber Design Awards (TDA) Excellence in Timber Design Award celebrates the use of wood in architectural design. Rarely has a winner...
Young Crafts
Britton Timbers has supported these student designers. For many years, students at Northern Beaches Secondary College (NBSC) Freshwater Senior Campus have enjoyed a top-class technical education. The 2019 Year 12 students enrolled in ‘Industrial Technology Timber’ had...
Industry Voices
The annual MGA TMA lunch saw several experts talk on major industry issues. There is only one downside to the annual MGA TMA lunch: it isn’t long enough to talk with all the brilliant people in the room as well as hear all the speakers, and so business cards were...
Deep Dive into Overtime
Explaining the intricacies under the Timber Industry Award 2010. This month I’m going for a deep dive into some of the common workplace myths regarding overtime in the Timber Industry Award 2010. This information may not be relevant to employees covered by other...
Top in Timber
The TABMA 2019 National Awards rewarded the best and brightest in the industry. On a warm spring night, timber industry leaders and their loved ones came together at Doltone House near Sydney’s Hyde Park for the TABMA 2019 National Awards. In the glam Art Deco...
40 Years of Multinail
Behind today’s smoothly efficient products is a journey that’s been far from seamless, but one in which the company has survived and thrived with good humour and perseverance. By Jane Clark When Peter Taylor founded Multinail in 1979, he expected a few challenges...
Moving Forwards
In 100 years of Bone Timber, the business’s succession plans and resilience stand out. Life is unfairly complicated. South Australian industry stalwart Bone Timber is celebrating its centenary this year. By any standard, it’s a mammoth achievement for a family...
New CLT in Tasmania
Stirling Machinery and CLTP Tasmania have joined forces for an Australian-first plantation hardwood CLT plant. In more good news for Tasmania, a brand new, purpose-built hardwood CLT plant will be constructed in the state’s north-west industrial centre of Wynyard....
Engineered Outcomes
As the marketplace for engineered wood products in Australia expands and matures, several experienced industry voices in the EWP sector share their ideas. By Donyale Harrison Listening to people in our industry, the same concerns often repeat: we need to take market...
For Your Information
Keep abreast of recent developments in employment law. Several developments in case law and changes to awards that will affect the timber industry have newly come into effect. Case law hand grenade: accumulation of personal/carer’s leave Full time and part time...
Happy birthday, Vekta!
From one engineer’s belief that timber automation was worth investing in, to a thriving international company running out of Perth, it’s been 10 years of can-do. Craig Bull, truss and frame equipment support manager at Dahlsens in Melbourne, has been in the industry...
To the Greens!
The MGA TMA Timber Industry Golf Day farewelled a good friend and welcomed a lot of fun. Sixty players wheeled their golf bags onto the greens of Melbourne’s Kingston Heath Golf Club in early October for the MGA TMA Timber Industry Golf Day. As well as the traditional...
Tasmanian Timber
Despite fires, ample supplies are available, writes Claire Bennett from Tasmanian Timber. Tasmanian timber is a product of exceptional beauty from a place like nowhere else. Our small island grows more than you ever imagined. Our timber has been around for millennia...
Penetrating Insights
Cutting into I-joists is not a casual endeavour, says Paul Davis. Sure, the photograph above is of a steel bearer, not timber, but as the most appalling example of beam-bastardry I’ve ever seen, I just had to show you. This photo tells you that on site anything is...
Timber Noggins
George Dolezal, principal engineer at Meyer Timber, gets our new technical feature off to a good start. Welcome to Timber Noggins. Meyer Timber is delighted to be able to present this exciting new technical feature in every second edition of TimberTrader News. My...
Underpayment Risks
It’s not just high-profile companies being caught underpaying. By Emma Watt Have you been living under a rock?* No? Then it’s likely that media reports have made you aware of a number of high-profile employers who have been prosecuted by the Fair Work Ombudsman for...
Fresh Cuts
When Multinail sat down to design the PieceMaker, their new linear saw, company history, expertise and a long wishlist were all parts of the planning. Generational change is a necessary part of business success. It can be daunting, especially when an older product has...
Making Trade Easier
Timber product trading with Indonesian suppliers has been greatly enhanced by the development of the Indonesian Timber Exchange. By John Halkett. Head and shoulders ahead of other nations, Indonesia is Australia’s leading supplier of hardwood timber products. Merbau...
Easy Loader
Combilift’s Container Slip-Sheet loads in minutes. It’s hard to describe Combilift’s Container Slip-Sheet (Combi-CSS) without analogies. Imagine you’re putting a tray of pies in the oven and pull out the oven rack to guide them in smoothly rather than reach in and...
Decking Drivers
Our special feature shows how providing expertise and expanding relationships will increase your market.
The Ultimate Renewable
FWPA’s push for greater timber use is a campaign we can all get behind, says Timberlink. An exciting mass media campaign has been launched by Forest & Wood Products Australia (FWPA) to promote the benefits of wood and timber products. Timberlink would like to see...
WADIC 2019 Expo
The country’s leading Windows and Doors manufacturers will be gathering in Melbourne this month for the industry’s major national event. From exhibitors to specialist speakers, it’s a chance to learn what’s happening and what’s coming up. Most window and door...
