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Sawing studies of 50 trees from two sites representative of the remaining slash pine mature clearfall harvest resource were carried out and a reference document reviewing wood quality rese…
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Release Date: Sun, 24 August 2008 Highly credentialed executives from Australia’s leading forest and wood product companies and agencies were amongst a strong field of candidates who appl…
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Release Date: Tue, 5 August 2008 Forest & Wood Products Australia (FWPA) has announced the appointment of Sarah Humphrey as marketing and communications manager, a newly created posi…
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Release Date: Wed, 2 July 2008 A recently released assessment of Gympie messmate and red mahogany wood qualities has provided valuable information to assist investors weighing investment…
FWPA
Report
Building codes in Australia and other countries are increasing their environmental sustainability requirements; life cycle assessment (LCA) methodologies will play a prominent role in…
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Release Date: Mon, 6 February 2008 Australia will contribute to an international research consortium that aims to revolutionise the construction of low-rise, multi-storey building deve…
FWPA
Report
This project evaluated Acoustic wave velocity (AWV) as a direct measure of wood stiffness using two age classes (8 years and 13–15 years) of Eucalyptus nitens. Standing trees and felled logs…
FWPA
Report
Evaluation of wood characteristics of tropical post-mid rotation plantation Eucalyptus cloeziana & E. pellita: Part (a) Natural durability of timber This project evaluated the timb…