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timberandforestryenews.com ISSUE 505 | April 5, 2018 Timber stands tall in Brisbane responsiblewood.org.au EXCITING ‘DOING BUSINESS’ SESSION AT TQ CONFERENCE COVER STORY P2 FIRST FOR FORESTRY CONSULTING www.margulesgroome.com For all your Timber Preservation needs... PH: 07 3293 2651 24hrs: 0417 749 481 www.timtechchem.com The mark of safety, reliability and trust. www.ewp.asn.au +61 7 3250 3700 The NATIONAL voice for Timber Merchants • Suppliers • Manufacturers Contact us on 1800 TABMA1 TIMBER QUEENSLAND BRISBANE BUSINESS CONFERENCE Conference delegates visit world’s tallest timber oce building site Lendlease presentation feature of ‘doing business in Queensland’ “IT’S like a wooden Lego Aurecon as well as three structure,” said Lendlease bespoke retail tenancies. Building general manager Owned by Impact Tony Orazio as the world’s Investment Group, the largest and tallest engineered building will also be the future timber ofce nears home of Aurecon, with the completion in Brisbane. company committing to lease “The engineered timber four of the nine ofce oors. structure, 25 King, will be one Tony Orazio said a key of the most exciting additions element of the structure ever made to the city’s was the use of prefabricated skyline,” he said. modules for each oor. The King Street project will Tony Orazio… prefabricated Matthew Miller… commercial “These modules are pre- modules for each oor. timber buildings advantage. be the nal presentation at assembled at ground height Timber Queensland’s Doing buildings and the developing The rst delivery of CLT and then lifted into place Timber Business: Room to Queensland market by columns, beams and oor to form what looks like a Grow conference in Brisbane Dr Alastair Woodard, panels for the King Street wooden Lego structure,” he on April 19. The conference is program manager, Victorian project arrived in February and said. the main event in a round of WoodSolutions, and Stefan the construction is already “The fascinating thing activities from April 18 to 20, Gerber, mid-rise program beyond the third level. about building with timber which includes a welcome manager, WoodSolutions At a height of almost 45 m, is that its strength is akin to dinner, forestry eld tours, Queensland. the ground plus a nine-storey concrete and steel; it can be wood products research Bates Smart-designed tower produced economically in a Delegates visiting the updates, and a social evening, includes services provided factory environment and most King Street project will be hosted by the Institute of by global engineering rm importantly boasts a plethora addressed by Matthew Foresters of Australia. of sustainability benets.” Miller, Lendlease’s senior The visit to the Lendlease The project aims to earn development manager, CHANGING building – limited to 150 a 6-star Green Star Design commercial, urban SKYLINES; delegates – freshly follows and As Built rating which will regeneration, on the COMMERCIAL earlier conference sessions use 67% less electricity and subject ‘changing skylines: TIMBER on CLT engineering led 55% less potable water, and by Gary Cauleld, CEO, commercial timber buildings ADVANTAGE Xlam, and mid-rise timber advantage’. 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Lendlease will continue the Austrian forests to grow King Street will see six to work with its partners to back the timber used on 25 20% storeys above ground by lease the about 7900 sq m of King is as little as six hours in total. June-July and is due for remaining ofce space. Off King Street facts: 3097 • Timber Queensland conference – see notice Page 6. KING STREET individual timber elements; 33 timber columns on each oor Discount On the cover: Artist’s WILL SEE * and 52 beams; CLT approx. impression of the completed available SIX STOREYS 21,175 sq m or 4824 cub m King Street timber ofce ABOVE GROUND of CLT walls and oors; 1415 project at Brisbane showgrounds. for AFCA BY MID-2018 sq m of glulam beam and (Image courtesy Lendlease) columns); the spruce timber Members! ✔ Evidence of employees’ Changes for private native forestry in NSW current skills and training THE NSW government’s through LLS rather than native timber to the industry, ✔ Supports WHS Local Land Services the NSW Environment and supports around 100 risk management has taken responsibility Protection Authority, which harvesting and haulage ✔ Supports professionalism for managing approvals will maintain responsibility businesses. and safety of industry and providing advice to for compliance and “Private native forestry landholders on private native enforcement. www.fols.forestworks.com.aufols.forestworks.com.au is a sustainable land forestry opportunities. 1800 177 001 “Private native forestry management practice that Minister for Lands and makes a substantial provides landholders with Forestry Paul Toole said the contribution to the supply an ongoing revenue stream *Australian Forest Contractors government was committed mix for the NSW native Association (AFCA) and supports timber milling to enhancing LLS as a one- timber sector and plays stop shop for a range of an important role in our jobs,” Mr Toole said. essential services for those vision for the NSW forestry LLS will review the Private on the land. industry,” Mr Toole said. Native Forestry Codes of From April 30, landholders On the North Coast, Practice later in 2018 to An industry-led program wishing to undertake native timber from private native ensure they continue to managed by ForestWorks forestry operations will forests accounts for almost support a sustainable and need to obtain permits half of the overall supply of productive industry. TIMBER & FORESTRY E-NEWS | ISSUE 505 | April 5, 2018 3 WORKPLACE SAFETY TIMBER QUEENSLAND WORKSHOP Queensland’s injury claims on the rise: it’s time to get serious INJURY claims from what businesses can do to Queensland’s sawmill turn it around. employees have been “We hope to see many rising, delivering business employers at the event owners annual increases in who can start making a WorkCover premiums. difference and work toward Timber Queensland CEO the important goal of Mick Stephens says despite lower injuries and cheaper the efforts of industry to premiums,” Ms Constant work safely by implementing said. technology advances and The WHS workshop will education programs there assist businesses prepare is still plenty of work to be for Workplace Health and done. 1 Safety Queensland’s ‘Safety “It’s a no brainer that the 1/ Forest industry a hazardous in Sawmilling Campaign' large machinery designed place to work. taking place March to 2/ Tammy Constant… industry to cut and process timber injury claims increasing each year.. October during which WHSQ makes sawmills a hazardous inspectors will be conduct place to work, sometimes “We’ve dedicated time at workplace advisory and the only difference between our upcoming Doing Timber compliance assessments at a traumatic injury and a scary Business in Queensland log sawmilling workplaces. warning can be a matter of conference for a Workplace Inspectors will initially inches,” Mr Stephens said. Health & Safety workshop provide advice and resources to help identify gaps in safety 2 management systems, and featuring safety moment risk and hazard identi cation. case studies enabling This will be followed businesses to learn from about three months later TABMA Training ... each other.” by a worksite compliance providing innovative training solutions The workshop is open to assessment of log sawmilling everyone involved in the processes. industry and not just Timber TABMA Training (previously FITEC - RTO 5343) o ers a Queensland members. STILL PLENTY full range of nationally recognised forest and timber industry WorkCover Queensland’s quali cations ranging from forest operations, sawmilling, OF WORK customer manager Tammy frame and truss design and manufacture, TO BE DONE Constant says log sawmilling to timber merchandising, and business sales. has the third highest industry PLUS our dynamic short courses are designed to achieve rate in the whole WorkCover WHSQ has developed bottom line results for your business! Queensland scheme in terms self-assessment checklists to Short courses include forkli training, chainsaw training, of costs and claim numbers. assist sawmilling workplaces how to deal with customers in person and on the telephone, “Log sawmilling sits to review their safety performance management, timber knowledge, at more than double the compliance prior to the timber take o s, and visual stress grading. industry rate of every other inspector visits. For checklists and more ese short courses can be timber activity in the cohort information visit the conducted at your premises and concerningly,