Promoted by Planet Ark through their Make it Wood campaign, Wood Encouragement Policies (WEP) aim to increase the use of wood and wood products by local government. A WEP presentation in Nove…

The Timber Committees are working through a number of standards of importance to the industry. Below is a summary of work currently in progress. AS 1720.4 Timber structures – Fire resistance …

Work is continuing on developing the technical resources to support and encourage the uptake of the NCC mid-rise timber building code change. Specifically, an Assessment Report is being fi…

The Forest Safety Benchmarking Data Series has been launched with 18 forest companies contributing 2 years of historic data. The data series aggregate each contributing company’s safety d…

Timber design life and durability activities are an initiative of FWPA to create a robust system that is evidence-based and improves the market opportunities and competitiveness of wood pr…

The recent changes to the building code that make it easier and more cost-effective to use timber framing and massive timber in buildings of up to 25m (usually 8 storeys) offer a once in a genera…