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A panel-based structural building system developed in South Australia promises to transform the building industry by dramatically reducing the time and cost required to produce a finishe…
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Bamboo is an appealing green building option but there are limitations to the product. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers are looking for ways to engineer the grass to…
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A recent pilot plant trial has demonstrated the possibility of using market pulps for the manufacture of different types of nonwoven products. In research by Canadian based FPInnovations…
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What limits the height of trees? Is it the fraction of their photosynthetic energy they devote to productive new leaves? Or is it their ability to hoist water hundreds of feet into the air, supp…
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Every fortnight FWPA hosts an on-line webinar detailing the findings and outcomes of one of its recent research projects or topics of interest to industry. The research webinars are present…
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Production of wood panels (plywood, particleboard and medium density fibreboard) increased in 2013-14. However imports and consumption of wood based panel products appear to have fallen…
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For the year to the end of October 2014, sales of sawn structural softwood were reported as 798,700 m3, having risen from 740,400 m3 for the year to the end of October 2013. The 57,700 m3 year-on-…
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Australia’s total Residential Dwelling approvals declined 7.8% in September 2014, compared with the prior month. The majority of the decline was a sharp 22.2% decline in Multi-residentia…