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Seasons greetings from our CEO |
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Monday, 20 December 2010 00:00 |
Andrew Dunn, TDA CEO, wishes all TDA members, staff, friends and their families a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Please note that the TDA offices will be closed between December 25 and January 9, 2011. |
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First Trans-Tasman Timber Design Awards announced |
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Monday, 20 December 2010 00:00 |
The announcement of the inaugural Trans-Tasman Timber Design Awards closes off a wonderful year of Australian timber design. This competition celebrates the best in timber design within Australia and New Zealand – and extends the healthy sporting rivalry between our two nations into the field of timber building design.
In this, the first year of the Trans-Tasman Awards, three award categories were offered:
- Residential;
- Commercial;
- Community.
Judges were drawn from the judging panels of the Australian and the New Zealand Timber Design Awards. They comprised Elvon Young and Ross Davison from New Zealand, and Kate St James, Richard Hough, Michael O’Donnell and Brian Hopper from Australia.
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Illegal logging regulations on their way – Start preparing |
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Monday, 20 December 2010 00:00 |
The Australian Government announced on 9th December that under legislation to be introduced in 2011 all companies – i.e. local producers and importers – making wood products available on the Australian market (that is importers and presumably domestic sawmills) will need to meet a due diligence test. This is to ensure that the timber they are sourcing has not been illegally logged (see this announcement from the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry).
The legislation will apply to all forest products including sawn timber, wood panels, pulp, paper, wooden furniture and composite products.
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WoodSolutions "Lunch & Learn" launched to building professionals |
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Monday, 20 December 2010 00:00 |
WoodSolutions has announced a selection of Lunch & Learn presentations now available to
building specifiers and other building professionals in Sydney.
The presentations will educate and inspire innovation in the use of wood in the design and construction
of residential, commercial and infrastructure projects. They will be conducted by experienced wood advisors
who will visit firms onsite throughout the Sydney metropolitan area.
A range of topics are being offered to architects, engineers, building designers, project managers, building
surveyors, certifiers and other building professionals. These include:
- Inspirational Projects
- Specification
- Wood Coatings
- Design for Durability
- Fire Safety and Performance of Wood in Multi-Residential and Commercial Buildings
- Using Wood in Bushfire Prone Areas
- Maximising Green Star Ratings with Wood, and
- Wood and Sustainable Building
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Election of TDA Directors and Office-Bearers |
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Monday, 20 December 2010 00:00 |
TDA members have determined the make-up of the TDA board for 2011. Voting took place at the 73rd Annual General Meeting on October 29. The results were as follows:
Directors for 2011
| Mr D. Anderson | Forests NSW |
| Mr C. Skeoch | Softwood Sector |
| Mr P. Cotton | Softwood Sector (Alternative) |
| Ms L. Hurford | NSW Forest Products Association Ltd |
| Mr J. Simon | Associate |
| Mr I. Halliday | Timber & Building Materials Association (NSW) Ltd |
| Mr P. Michaels | Panels Sector |
| Mr M. Murphy | Engineering Wood Sector |
| Mr T. Rossiter | Engineering Wood Sector (Alternative) |
| Mr B. Frost | Importer Sector |
Office Bearers for 2011
| Chairman: | Mr P. Michael |
| Vice Chairman: | Mr M. Murphy |
| Treasurer: | Mr T. Rossiter |
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Enrol now for the online Graduate Certificate in Timber |
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Monday, 20 December 2010 00:00 |
Applications for the
Centre for Sustainable Architecture with Wood's new Graduate Certificate in Timber (Processing & Building) are now open.
This flexibly-structured online course provides specialist study for those involved in or interested in the production and distribution of timber and wood products or the design, construction, maintenance and management of timber-rich buildings and structures.
The course focuses on the requirements of sustainable construction and production practice, especially practice relevant to Australian conditions. It may be completed part-time and largely online, from work or home. Each unit has an introductory block followed by 10 weeks of lectures, tutorials and assignments.
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Specialist web design for the timber industry |
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Monday, 20 December 2010 00:00 |
Some examples from our portfolio of websites
If you’re running a business these days, you need to be online – and if you’re running a timber products business, there’s no better organisation to establish your online presence than TDA. We know timber and we know web design: we’ve got the datasheets and images your site needs, the expert advice that our bird’s-eye view of the timber industry affords – and we’ve got the contacts to push your search engine ranking towards that elusive #1 spot.
Whether you need a basic corporate website (such as tdansw.asn.au), an attractive gallery site (see, for instance, timberawards.com.au) or a large information warehouse (such as timber.net.au), TDA can get you there. All our sites are packaged with a content management system that allows you to easily add news, events, documents and images to your site. We can provide a simple PayPal shopping cart or an extensive e-commerce solution. If you need an online newsletter, a slideshow or an image gallery, we can do that. Want to leverage the marketing potential of social networking? We can do that too. Whatever it is you need, talk to us. We can build it – and they will come!
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