FWPA had submitted three Proposals for Change (PFC) for consideration by the Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) and each was successful in being incorporated into the draft version of t…

The new Standard, AS 1720.5 Timber Structures – Nailplated Truss Design, has now been published.  The development of AS 1720.5 was coordinated by FWPA and jointly funded and developed by Pr…

A recent study compared the life cycle environmental impacts of two multilevel residential buildings built in Australia, one of timber and one of concrete. The scope ranged from the extract…

The establishment of an ARC Training Centre provides industry with the opportunity to develop and retain new research resources . Funded for 5 years, the centre will focus on linking resourc…

Following discussions with industry stakeholders in mid 2014, FWPA initiated the development of an industry discussion paper to identify potential R&D priorities for the export log…

FWPA invites the submission of detailed research proposals for projects commencing from 1 March 2016 addressing published FWPA industry research priorities. Details of current research…

An environmental product declaration (EPD) is a standardised and verified way of quantifying the environmental impacts of a product based on a consistent set of rules that have been develop…

A long running study of the thermal properties of timber in residential construction systems has been completed by researchers from the University of Tasmania.  The project measured the t…