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issuE 276 | 01.07.13 | PAgE 1

MPs see that jobs do grow on trees

THIS ISSUE • Melbourne mass timber seminar inspires • Rudd must be positive on building industry

Tour underscores supply-chain problems for timber manufacturers and wholesalers

Victorian hardwoods .. shortage in the supply chain.

12 Victorian state MPs had the chance to see the importance of timber manufacturing in the

Cypress still best for flyer-builder Bob • WoodExpo 2013 brings global experts • Ta Ann Tasmania looks to better future • Heritage listings reignite war of words

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A RENEWED hope of better times in the timber manufacturing sector greeted state MPs during a tour of prominent wholesalers in Melbourne in June.

Buoyed by a falling Australian dollar which is taking the shine off the market’s appeal to competitive importers and a nascent upturn in residential building, the five companies visited are looking for a revival in the manufacturing sector and security for the 230 workers they employ.

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INDUSTRY NEWS

Heritage listings reignite war of words in forests THE World Heritage Committee has agreed to nominate an extra 170,000 ha of Tasmanian bush, reigniting the war of words on forestry.

Conservationists welcomed the decision but opponents have attacked the move as a sellout.

The World Heritage recognition of forestry battlegrounds from the past 30 years such as the Styx, Weld and Upper Florentine Valleys came as a result of the Tasmanian Forest Agreement and follows the federal government nomination in January.

Tasmanian Forest Agreement negotiator and Wilderness Society spokesman Vica Bayley said the extension to the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area represented a globally significant conservation outcome.

“This extension covers forests from Cockle Creek to Cradle Mountain, protects them in perpetuity and finally recognises them as global treasures of natural and cultural heritage,” Mr Bayley said.

But Liberal Forestry spokesman Peter Gutwein described it as a lockup.

“Labor has sold out our forestry industry, sold out regional Tasmania and sold out jobs just to satisfy the Greens,” Mr Gutwein said.

Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association chief executive Jan Davis said farmers had never been consulted despite the area bordering many farms.

“To this day, we still have no detailed maps, so we don’t know who is impacted or how this will affect them,” Ms Davis said.

“However, now the decision has been made, state and federal governments need to lift the

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Jan Davis .. secret people’s business from day one.

veil of secrecy and individually advise each neighbouring property of the boundary and any anticipated impact on their homes.”

Ms Davis said farmers [as private forest growers] deserved some respect now the final piece of the forests agreement has been locked away.

She said the agreement had been secret people’s business from day one.

“On the shielded move to extend the world heritage area, there was no consultation with farmers and other landowners,” she said.

“Federal environment minister Tony Burke suddenly found $500,000 to overcome objections from indigenous communities to the nomination.

We expect to see at the very least a similar funding commitment from the minister to ensure that fencing and other neighbour responsibilities are adequately identified and addressed.”

Ms Davis said the ENGOs had repeatedly said that achieving the conservation outcomes identified in the TFA would end decades of conflict in the forests. “They’ve got what they asked for.”

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INDUSTRY NEWS

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state MPs Gary Blackwood and Joe Helper, with the Victorian Association of Forest Industries and four other industry association, the tour involved visits to manufacturers of windows and doors, furniture and staircases and roof and floor trusses.

Timber Merchants Association CEO Eric Siegers expressed surprise at the good turnout of MPs; they went away with a better understanding of the industry and accepted concerns about the timber supply-chain problem in the manufacturing and wholesale sector, he said “This message hit home hard – that we need to keep customers happy and we need a secure timber resource,” he said.

“The MPs were made aware that a lot of what merchants are selling is sourced from overseas because of government decisions on supply – which means we’ve exported jobs and environmental concerns to other people.

“We’ve got to support Australian jobs, so a new government policy to limit wood supply for the next couple of years because of forest fires is not good business.”

Many of the MPs noted the scant stocks of Victorian hardwoods in the yards they visited – another sign of a diminishing local resource.

Mr Siegers said although the drop in the Australian currency was a big reprieve for local manufacturers, it was good service that gave them the edge in the long run.

“And a lot of the importers have provided this.”

VAFI CEO Lisa Marty said these were all important local manufacturing and wholesaling businesses that supported skilled employment

Getting the message across .. on the tour of Melbourne manufacturers, are, from left, Eric Seigers, CEO, Timber Merchants Association; Bill Davies, Baker and Davies, Moorabbin, Telmo Languiller, MP Derrimut, Elizabeth Miller, MP Bentleigh, Shaun Ratcliff, public affairs manager, VAFI; Philip Davis, MP for Eastern Victoria, and Neil Angus, MP Forest Hill.

opportunities for local workers.

She said the tour, which included both Labor and Liberal MPs, including Shadow Minister for Agriculture John Lenders, was a great opportunity to show how important these timber manufacturing businesses were for the local economy.

“Directly employing 24,000 people and indirectly supporting another 42,000 to 52,000 jobs, the forest and wood products industry is an important part of the Victorian economy,” Ms Marty said.

“The industry includes a significant manufacturing sector, providing 14,000 jobs across metropolitan Melbourne and employment opportunities in regional Victoria,” she said.

“These businesses provide the timber products Australians love and make an important contribution to their local communities.

“They all also rely, at least in

Robert Beard (centre) explains workshop operations at Slattery and Acquroff, Braeside, to visiting MPs.

part, on a secure supply of timber produced in Victoria’s native forests and plantations.”

Ms Marty said the logs produced from local plantations and forests were worth more than $400 million each year and were essential for the thousands of jobs in timber manufacturing, and for the production of furniture,

‘The tour was a great opportunity to show how important these timber manufacturing businesses are for the local economy’ – Lisa Marty

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flooring, staircases, windows and doors, and materials for the construction sector.

The Resource Outlook released

by VicForests in May was difficult news for the industry, forecasting a 25% reduction in Victorian ash sawlog volume being sold from 2017.

A result of the impact from the 2009 fires, the outlook seeks to meet VicForests’ responsible forest management duties and provide for a sustainable industry into the future.

VicForests has commenced a sales process to allocate wood on a longer term basis through a request for proposal process. This sales process is an opportunity for processors to consider their future wood needs and secure longer term wood supply.

“To have a sustainable future the industry needs certainty of wood supply to invest and be competitive,” Ms Marty said.

Longer term certainty is one of the goals of the Timber Industry Action Plan, released by the Victorian Government in December 2011.

The Melbourne tour was also made possible with the support of the Australian Furniture Association, the Frame and Truss Manufacturers Association of Australia, the Timber Merchants Association and the Window and Door Industry Council.

Businesses visited included Baker and Davies, Moorabbin (customised windows and doors); Bowens, Bentleigh East, one of the largest independent timber wholesalers in Victoria; Flamingo Furniture, Bayswater North (Australian furniture); Prefab Technology, Croydon South (roof and floor trusses, and wall frames for housing construction); and Slattery & Acquroff, Braeside (timber staircases for domestic and commercial buildings).

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REFLECTIONS

Woodchippers at risk as Boral exits industry in NSW THE future of the woodchipping industry in New South Wales is in doubt following a decision by Boral Timber to sell its export arm and wood processing plant.

Decades of native forest woodchip exports from Newcastle to Japan now seem set to come to an end.

“Boral will exit the residue and woodchip export business and sell the associated processing plant and equipment based at Tea Gardens and at the Port of Newcastle, in NSW,” the company said.

Boral has blamed a fall in demand and reduced competitiveness from the high Australian dollar.

“As part of our efforts to ensure Boral Timber remains a sustainable business, our restructure will result in some job losses, which is regrettable but, sadly, unavoidable,” Boral Timber executive Steve Dadd said in a statement.

It will also exit the softwood distribution business in Queensland, and stop manufacturing floorboards in Murwillumbah, NSW. Eight permanent employees would be made redundant, and another 21 jobs would go as staff left or were redeployed elsewhere, the company said.

The company is also reportedly seeking to move its head office out of the Sydney CBD to cheaper offices in North Ryde or Chatswood.

The company has fought a long war of words with environment groups in northern NSW, which turned up evidence of breaches in logging rules that they said revealed the unsustainable nature of the export woodchip industry.

Boral Timber recently sought certification from the Forestry Stewardship Council, which

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When the chips are down .. Boral to end woodchipping in native forests on the NSW North Coast.

would have allowed it to sell its timber exports as ‘sustainable’.

An audit was conducted, but the results have not yet been released.

A draft report produced by a NSW Upper House Committee chaired by Shooters and Fishers MP Robert Brown said the government should “immediately” open some national parks to logging to help prop up the state’s timber industry.

Boral Timber has been developing and producing wood products for well over a century. In 1892, Allen Taylor established a timber merchant business in Sydney, operating sawmills on the New South Wales coast.

Boral bough Allen Taylor and Co in the 1980s, together with other timber businesses.

The company’s flooring products are produced at long established mills at Herons Creek and Kyogle in northern New South Wales.

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EVENTS

WHAT’S ON?

JULY

30 June-July 3: The New Zealand Institute of Forestry conference and awards dinner - Taranaki.

Venue: The Devon Hotel, New Plymouth. Visit www.nzif.org.nz for more details and registration.

AUGUST 24: (Saturday): the Cat Goes Gold. Brisbane Hoo-Hoo Club 218 50th anniversary celebration. Fratelli Italian Ristorante, 103 Crosby Road, Albion, Brisbane. Contact 0401 312 087 or 0428 745 455 for bookings.

SEPTEMBER 3-5: woodEXPO 13 - Albury, NSW. 11-13: Rotorua, NZ. World leaders in wood processing, manufacturing and new product technologies will speak at the region’s first ‘business-tobusiness’ wood industry show. The new expo will provide local companies management as well as production staff – exposure to new technologies that can improve their own efficiencies and productive capability. Leading technology providers from Europe, North America and Asia will join with each of the main equipment and product suppliers from New Zealand and Australia. Full details on the expo, summit and technology workshops are available on www. woodexpo2013.com

OCTOBER 11: Forest and wood Products Australian AGM. In conjunction with meeting of the Australian Timber Importers Federation and an industry value chain seminar.

An industry dinner is planned for Thursday evening, October 10.

Information about the AGM and

seminar will be circulated at a later date.

11: Forest and wood Products Australia (FWPA) AGM and research forum. Time: 8:30-10:30 am. Venue: Novotel Rockford Darling Harbour Hotel, Sydney. Inquiries to Ric Sinclair, FWPA (03) 9927 3200 or ric.sinclair@fwpa.com.au 11: Building stronger value chains - Australian timber industry seminar. Time: 10.30 am-5 pm.

Venue: Novotel Rockford Darling Harbour Hotel, Sydney. Joint hosts: Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA); the Australian Timber Importers Federation (ATIF) and Timber Merchants and Building Material Association (TABMA). This will be the industry’s ‘must-attend’ event for 2013. Inquiries to John Halkett, ATIF (02) 9356 3826; Colin Fitzpatrick, TABMA (02) 9277 3100 Ric Sinclair, FWPA (03) 9927 3200 or Eileen Newbury, Leading Edge Events International (03) 9597 0948.

Seminar sponsorship inquiries to John Halkett.

11: Australian timber industry annual gala dinner and awards presentation. Time 7:30 pm onwards. Timber and Building Material Association (TABMA) Doltone House, Pyrmont, Sydney.

Pre-dinner drinks 6:30 pm. Inquiries to Colin Fitzpatrick, TABMA (02) 9277 3100 or colin@tabma.com.au

NOVEMBER 23: TABMA Queensland timber industry gala dinner. Moda Events, Portside Level 2, Portside Wharf, Hamilton. Contact Alicia on (07) 3254 3166 or alicia@tabma.com.au

DECEMBER 4-5. Focus on improving transport

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and logistics in the forestry sector.

It will build on the excellent program designed by the Forest Industry Engineering Association. Visit www.foresttechevents.com

FEBRUARY 2014 17-21: Gottstein wood science Course, Melbourne. Inquiries to Dr Silvia Pongracic (Gottstein Trust), 0418 764 954 or secretary@ gottsteintrust.org or www. gottsteintrust.org

MARCH 2014 19: Forestwood 2014 Conference.

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington.

A panindustry conference jointly hosted by Forest Owners Association, the Wood Processors Association, Pine Manufacturers Association , Forest Industry Contractors Association and supported by Woodco, NZ Farm Forestry Association and the Frame and Truss Manufacturers Association. Sponsorship and trade exhibition opportunities will be available from the middle of May 2013. Contact the conference organiser Paardekooper and Associates. Tel +64 4 562 8259.

Email: info@forestwood.org.nz www. forestwood.org.nz

AUGUST 2014 6-9: AwisA 2014 Exhibition.

Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre. The Australian Woodworking Industry Suppliers Association Ltd has decided that the exhibition will move from Sydney to Brisbane next year. Inquiries about booking space: email info@awisa.com or call Geoff Holland. Tel: (02) 9918 3661.

Fax: (02) 9918 7764. Mob: 0412 361 580 Email: info@awisa.com

Australia’s forest, wood, pulp and paper products industry now has a stronger voice in dealings with government, the community and in key negotiations on the industry’s future, as two peak associations have merged to form a single national association.

The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) has been formed through the merger of the Australian Plantations Products and Paper Industry Council (A3P) and the National Association of Forest Industries (NAFI).

AFPA was established to cover all aspects of Australia’s forest industry: - Forest growing; - Harvest and haulage; - Sawmilling and other wood processing; - Pulp and paper processing; and - Forest product exporting.

For more information on the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) or to enquire about membership , please call (02) 6285 3833.

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SPEAKERS FOR WOODEXPO 2013

Richard Berry .. chief technology officer, CelluForce, Canada.

Chris Blomquist ..

Laurent Poudrier .. vice-president, USNR, technical support, USA. COMACT, Canada.

Mike Dickinson ..

Nicholson Manufacturing.

Mike Hubbard .. international sales manager, Optimil.

Dennis Miller .. owner, A&M Manufacturing, USA

All-industry wood expo brings global experts to Australia, NZ Big buy-in for technical program in Albury, Rotorua WE’VE been told its time for a change. WoodEXPO 2013 is that change and it runs in just two months’ time.

For the first time in this region, Australian and New Zealand wood products companies are getting their LIGNA, Atlanta or Portland Wood Working Show ‘Down Under’.

The organisers say this is an opportunity to meet with all major technology and equipment providers for sawmilling, wood manufacturing and wood panels from around the globe - in this region and at the one time.

Other international shows, they

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say, focus across the forest products sector; they have had a community focus, or they have been aimed at another part of the sector.

“WoodEXPO 2013 in Albury is purely a business-to-business event,” says Forest Industry Engineering Association director Brent Apthorp.

“It’s also the first event of its type in Australasia. How did we get here? In short, we’ve been running independent technology related events for forestry and wood products companies in this region for around 15 years,” he said.

“Increasingly, local wood producers and international equipment and product suppliers to the industry were asking how we could build on the tech program that has worked so well in the past. How could they assist to take it to the next stage?

“If travelling down from North America, Asia or Europe into this part of the world, it makes good sense that the technology providers could meet up with all of their customers – and the remainder of the industry – and in both countries, Australia and New Zealand.

“The message from industry was that instead of travelling half way around the world to evaluate some new gear, it’s much better – and a whole lot cheaper – to talk to the experts in your own country. Better than that – its far easier to include some of the engineering, production and maintenance staff along with the mill or site manager in those discussions to really work through ‘what’s going to work for the company or operation’ as a team.”

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INDUSTRY NEWS

New PM Rudd must be positive in engagement with building industry MASTER Builders has called on new Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and his government to positively engage with the building industry.

CEO Wilhelm Harnisch welcomed Mr Rudd’s commitment to re-engage with business but said it would count for naught unless his government made the hard and evidence based decisions to improve the current business environment.

“The first step must be to stop and rethink the rushed policies currently before the parliament,” Mr Harnisch said “Other tough decisions must include reversing the raft of anti-business and productivity sapping legislation passed over recent years, such as the Fair Work Amendment Bills, Migration Amendment Bills, carbon tax and tax reporting requirements imposed on the building industry.

“Productivity sapping legislation has combined to severely dent business and investor confidence.

This has contributed to slowing investment and has seen many good building companies close their doors.

“The slowing investment and worsening industry conditions has seen significant job losses including a 30% decline in apprentices in the last year.

Worsening industry conditions

alone are the primary reason for the decline in apprentices, not other factors such as the 457 visa system.”

Mr Harnisch said Master Builders was committed to working with a Rudd-led government in tackling the hard reforms that can improve the productivity of the building and construction industry and the broader economy.

Housing finance figures released last week by the Australian Bureau of Statistics provide further optimism of an

Kevin Rudd .. must tackle the hard reforms needed to improve productivity of building sector.

emerging upturn in residential building.

After a strong rise in March, the total number of dwelling commitments rose 0.8% in April, seasonally adjusted. The number of commitments for the construction of new dwellings rose 0.2% and commitments for the purchase of new dwellings fell 0.4%, seasonally adjusted.

Master Builders Australia chief economist Peter Jones said the figures were a positive and optimistic sign for the industry.

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INDUSTRY NEWS

Compensation: Ta Ann Tasmania looks to better future for veneers

Regional communities can start to rebuild their businesses MALAYSIAN-based timber veneer producer Ta Ann Tasmania has reached an agreement with the federal government on commercial compensation for veneer peeler volumes surrendered by the company to help deliver the objectives of the forestry agreement legislation in the state.

The legislation creates a pathway to progressively protecting more than 500,000 ha of new conservation lands and sets new lower limits for sustainable hardwood sawlog and veneer log production from state forests.

Ta Ann says more than 90 direct employees, their families and contractors now have certainty after years of constant turmoil in the forest industry.

“Regional communities that rely on Ta Ann for income as the suppliers of goods and services can start to rebuild their businesses with knowledge of the broad community support the forestry agreement legislation has brought,” a company spokesman said.

Ta Ann holds long-term, up to 20-year wood supply contracts with Forestry Tasmania built on the company’s investment of $79 million in two new hardwood veneer plants in the Huon and in Smithton.

In the new conservation reserves program, sustainable veneer log supplies will be reduced by 40% and in return a sum of $28.6 million will be paid

Sustainable pathway .. Ta Ann operations manager Paul Woolley at the timber veneer mill in the Huon Valley in southern Tasmania.

in commercial compensation over the next two years.

The payments are fair compensation for the loss of 108,000 cub m per annum of specification veneer peeler billets for processing at the Huon and Smithton mills.

In return, the company has committed to commercial operations at the two mill sites for a minimum of five years. The compensation payment will assist to offset higher unit fixed costs resulting from the mills operating at below capacity.

Ta Ann has also committed to only process peeler billets from state wood production forests that are outside the proposed new conservation reserves or the agreed areas for transitional

supply by the parties to the forestry agreement legislation including the ENGOs. The company has thanked Federal Minister for Sustainability Tony Burke for working hard through the complex issues and the state government for its support leading to signing of the agreement.

“The agreement will indeed provide certainty for the company to move forward,” the Ta Ann spokesman said.

“Looking to the future, the company will seek to diversify both markets for veneer products and supplies of non specification veneer peeler billets including from plantations and private

The payments are fair compensation for the loss of 108,000 cub m per annum of specification veneer peeler billets for processing at the Huon and Smithton mills

property where these supplies are available and meet environmental certification standards.

The company expressed its appreciation to the chairman of Forestry Tasmania for the support in moving to the new wood supply arrangements and for the immediate pursuit of FSC certification that is increasingly important for both the domestic and international markets. ”The signing of the agreement is also very important for our employees and contractors who have been through an extremely difficult period while the peace talks were under way,” the spokesman said.

“We look forward to working with them to now redesign our processes to take account of the new wood supply levels and the need to rebuild markets and new products.”

The support of the leadership of FIAT, the ENGOs, the CFMEU, and Regional Communities is also acknowledged in moving to a new sustainable pathway for the future of high value veneer processing in Tasmania.

Earlier this year, Ta Ann said it was abandoning plans to build a $10 million plywood mill in Tasmania’s north, even if the forestry peace deal was approved.

The company said it would revisit the idea, but would not commit to building the mill.

Biomass of northern hemisphere’s forests mapped and measured THE biomass of the northern hemisphere’s forests has been mapped with greater precision than ever before thanks to satellites, improving our understanding of the carbon

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cycle and our prediction of Earth’s future climate.

Accurately measuring forest biomass and how it varies are key elements for taking stock of forests and vegetation. Since

forests assist in removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, mapping forest biomass is also important for understanding the global carbon cycle.

In particular, northern forests

– including forest soil – store a third more carbon stocks per hectare as tropical forests, making them one of the most significant carbon stores in the world.

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INDUSTRY NEWS

National program .. developing business case for healthy forests.

FWPA seeks help in forest health surveillance plan INDUSTRY service provider Forest and Wood Products Australia is seeking expressions of interest from individuals or companies with a strong understanding of forest health management practices to develop a business case for a national forest health surveillance and response program.

Proactive management of forest health in response to a wide range of pests and diseases is critical to the productivity and viability of commercial forestry.

Given the mobility of pests and pathogens, there are strong arguments for collaboration within and between major commercial forestry regions.

Over recent years there has been a significant decline in the number of skilled forest pathologists, researchers and extension agents within the commercial forest sector.

Forecast trends indicate that a change in the overall forest health ‘business model’ needs to be identified and implemented by the forest industries to maintain industry access to expert information.

One approach is to consider leveraging recent advances in remote sensing and electronic communications and to establish a collaborative

national network of forest health specialists.

This group would provide a remote diagnostics and advice service to support field foresters to monitor estate health and deliver best practice interventions. It could assist in developing systems and tools that can be applied at a customised regional level linked to specific tree species and silvicultural practices.

FWPA has undertaken exploratory work on a national program, which was included as a part of a comprehensive business case for an expansion of collaborative activities. The organisation has also funded some supporting research under its biosecurity R&D investment plan.

In consultation with an industry reference group, the consultancy will need to address the key issues that relate to the potential establishment of a national forest health surveillance and response program.

Information about key issues that must be addressed and deliverables is available from the FWPA with a detailed proposal due on July 3.

Contact Chris Lafferty at FWPA on (03) 9927 3229 or email chris.lafferty@fwpa.com.au

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THIS ISSUE

Flyer-builder Bob, 77, says he can’t put his tools down – yet!

Cypress still favourite timber for bush carpenter

By JIM BOWDEN

IN his youth, Bob Pope wanted to fly and design houses.

At 77 Bob is still designing buildings but although he has sold his aeroplane, his respected reputation as a trail-blazing flyer-builder in the 1960s and 70s, like the houses he has erected all over Queensland, remains intact.

We found Bob in the workshop of the Mount Gravatt Men’s Shed, part of a national notfor-profit organisation that provides a safe, friendly and healing environment for men to work on meaningful projects at their own pace in their own time.

Bob Pope helped design and build the ‘shed’ on the Mount Gravatt showgrounds drawing on skills honed over more than 50 years, first as a student architect and then as a builder in some of Queensland’s furthest outback regions.

“I wanted to fly, so I thought combining this with a trade as a builder would help me pay off the aircraft – and satisfy two desires at the same time,” Bob said.

His plane, a Piper Twin Comanche, took Bob and his building crew to many remote outback sites – 1590 km west of Brisbane to Birdsville in the Channel Country, to Innamincka, a tiny settlement in northeast South Australia, into the Northern Territory and up into the Gulf Country.

Based in Brisbane with a warehouse at Coopers Plains, the flying builders built houses and buildings for the government, mining companies, councils and private landholders.

“A lot of our time was spent on ‘conservation building’, which was the restoration and renovation of historic

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Mount Gravatt Men’s Shed members Bob Pope, Brad Gibson and Charles Achilles admire a model wooden aeroplane, crafted in the workshop by member Percy Watterson. Bob spent many years flying to building jobs in the Far West. He was a close friend of the late Ron Versace of Versace Timbers and they both flew Piper Twin Comanches.

Mount Gravatt Men’s Shed members get busy in the workshop .. Bert Dean, Ernest Clegg, and David Robinson.

structures,” Bob said.

“We built in timber, stone, tin and steel, finding a lot of this material locally and often from the same source the pioneers used.

“The historic societies in the Outback then rarely had enough money to rebuild these iconic structures, so we worked

on them at different times while the money came through in dribs and drabs.”

He said a conservation project he really enjoyed was the restoration of the Mud Hut at Bedourie in the state’s central west, originally built in the 1880s with mud from the local creek and gidjee scrub timbers.

‘Those cypress sawmillers were honest men; they said to me they’d give me the timber on credit and if didn’t pay, well, simply, I wouldn’t get another load’ – Bob Pope

In the early days, Bedourie was used as a stopover for drovers pushing their cattle down to the markets in Adelaide. The Mud Hut operated as a Cobb and Co rest-stop and at the end of the 1890s passed into the possession of cattle king Sir Sidney Kidman.

Today the hut, in magnificent condition, is operated as a tourist centre by the Diamantina Shire Council.

“We restored it fully and faithfully, using the same materials that the original builder used,” Bob said.

Bob says he almost became a Birdsville ‘citizen’. He has been back and forth to the town and district many times completing a shire hall, school, council buildings and a swimming pool.

“The folk out there are great – the salt of the earth – so I always looked forward to pointing the nose of the Comanche in the direction of this little town right on the border of South Australia and Queensland.”

Bob caught up with old mate Charles Achilles, a former sawmiller in Chinchilla, during our visit to the Mount Gravatt Men’s Shed.

Charles is RochedaleSpringwood National Seniors president and this year’s Seniors Ambassador for Logan City.

“Building was a tight business moneywise in the 1960s,” recalls Bob. “I flew around a lot of Queensland to talk to sawmillers about buying timbers direct from their yards.

“One of these was Charles, who then worked at Emmerson’s cypress mill in Chinchilla. He was a real gentleman and we did business on a handshake. I used a lot of cypress after that and it’s fair to say it’s still my Cont Page 12

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ENGINEERED WOOD

CLT, mass timber systems inspired seminar audience

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Seminar speaker Andy Van Houtte of Nelson Pine Industries (left) confers with Scott Gibbons of Gibbons Construction on a building project in New Zealand using locally grown and processed Douglas fir.

MORE than 90 engineers, architects, designers and builders were hungry for information on ‘massive timber building systems’ at a well-run industry seminar in Melbourne on June 9.

Hosted by industry leaders, the delegates absorbed information about the use of CLT in buildings, beam and portal frame design, the development of LVL cassette floors, glulam and fabrication of large buildings and fire and acoustic systems.

“There was concentrated interest in CLT and big mass commercial structures, similar to what we are seeing around the world right now,” said Alastair Woodard of Wood Products Victoria, which coordinated the seminar, an inspiration of WoodSolutions, a communication and promotion arm of Forest and Wood Products Australia.

“Things might be tough out there, but everyone was optimistic,” he said.

Mr Woodard said although as yet there was no actual

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CLT production facilities in Australia, it was important the seminar group was in contact with those who supplied the material.

“As we know, most CLT product is imported and builders and designers can access this if the industry can service specifiers that want to build with CLT,” he said.

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Industry is developing new exciting systems for the commercial sector From Page 11

for CLT structures which means there will be fewer risks down line for the bigger Australian companies should they consider setting up a local manufacturing plant.

“It’s a positive market implementation approach.”

Mr Woodard said other sessions focused on engineered wood products that the domestic market could easily supply – portal frames, the innovative LVL cassette floor systems, glulam beams, composite flooring and timber and concrete composites.

“There are real opportunities in the residential market for the prefabricated ground floor and second-storey cassette floor approach,” Mr Woodard said.

“Traditionally, 90/% of the ground floor level in buildings is concrete – so that represents a 90% opportunity for timber.

“The industry is developing new exciting systems for the commercial sector, a market

Mass timber projects demonstrate the building flexibility of forest products.

already well served by a host of innovative engineered wood products.”

Along with Alastair Woodard, speakers included Rob De Brincat of Tilling Timber, Michael Koenig of SPAX, Erkki Valikangas of Stora Enso, Cameron Rodger, Carter Holt Harvey, Andy Van Houtte, Nelson Pine Industries, New Zealand, Bob Mansell, Hyne, and Boris Iskra, Wood Products

Victoria.

Seminar convenor Wood Solutions is the second part of a dual communication strategy, that includes Wood. Naturally Better.

Research indicates that many building professionals are not aware that wood from a sustainably managed source has many environment benefits because it is renewable, has lower embodied energy than

competing materials and sequesters carbon in the built environment.

Everyone is familiar with wood, yet many building professionals don’t have the specific knowledge or experience to confidently specify wood for unfamiliar applications.

The WoodSolutions website – www.woodsolutions.com. au – delivers relevant, accurate information with the potential to provide the recipient with Continuous Professional Development points where applicable through a wide range of channels.

Responding to market needs identified by research, this new site is designed to provide architects, engineers and other building professionals with information and technical resources about using wood and wood products including species information; technical design guides; case studies; performance data; fixing and finishes; fire rating information; and standards and codes.

Men’s Shed focuses on men’s health and well being From Page 10

favourite timber.”

Bob said the sawmills asked for no credit references. “They offered me a generous 2.5% discount for payment within seven day which was a whack of money on a house back then.

“They were honest men; they said to me they’d give me the wood on credit and if didn’t pay, well, simply, I wouldn’t get another load.”

Bob praised the Men’s Shed concept which also focused on men’s health and well being.

“There are more than 720 of them around Australia and Mount Gravatt is one of the most progressive with about 220 members at the last count,” he said.

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Sharing a project in the Mount Gravatt Shed workshop are Brian Sherman, George Humphrey, and Mick Hammond.

“There’s still more carpentry to complete at the shed. But it’s almost finished – and then I can completely retire!”

Concentration .. operating a lathe in the Men’s Shed are Bert Dean, Bob Nunn, and Alan Richardson.

The Mount Gravatt Men’s Shed has received more than $260,000 in grants and funds from federal and

state governments, associations and donations.

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Wood processing summit, workshops running during two days of exhibition From Page 6

both sides of the Tasman “has been fantastic”.

He says for the Australian and New Zealand wood producers who have – and still are – going through some painful adjustments to their operations– the opportunity of meeting with world leaders in sawmilling, wood manufacturing, wood panels and timber machining equipment at one location over just a couple of days is also real shot in the arm.

The list of participating companies from Austria, Germany, Finland, Italy, the US, Canada, Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand signed up to date is impressive.

As well as the opportunity of meeting with the global leaders of wood processing equipment and new products, a world

class series of technology workshops have been set up for local companies over the two days that the exhibitions are running.

Two-hour workshops covering everything from new generation log and lumber scanning systems, developments in high performance saw-lines, improving automation in the mill, adhesive developments and application systems for finger-jointing, plywood, MDF and particleboard, new developments and troubleshooting for high speed planer operations, changes in saw design to improve sawing performance and productivity and veneer drying developments are being covered in more than 25 presentations.

A one-day conference, a Wood Processing Summit, will

Brent Apthorpe .. purely a business-to-business event.

also provide something quite different for wood products companies in both countries.

“Rather than small incremental steps to improve how we’re currently processing our wood resource, the summit is going to provide a unique look into some of the more innovative

technologies out there at the moment that potentially will change our current operations,” Mr Apthorp said.

“Additive manufacturing, automated and robotics systems, CT scanning, new building systems for design, construction and delivery and new chemical extractives using wood are just some of the technologies being covered.

“It’s a new opportunity to learn, to be inspired, to network, to meet and discuss your own company’s plans with global equipment suppliers – in your own country.

WoodExpo 2013 runs in Albury, NSW, from September 3 to 5, and in Rotorua from September 11 to 13. Visit www. woodexpo2013.com

Stora Enso’s first delivery of CLT to Australia STORA Enso Building and Living is further developing its ‘building solutions’ business with the delivery of its first CLT shipment from Europe to Australia.

The Lend Lease Docklands Library and Community Centre in Melbourne will be the first public building in Australia to use CLT as a construction

material, Stora Enso said in a press release.

The Docklands complex will be the centrepiece of Victoria Harbour’s new civic heart and will house a next generation library and community centre, which will on completion attract millions of visitors annually.

The major structural components of the three-storey

library are made from more than 500 cub m of CLT, which was produced at Stora Enso’s Ybbs and Bad St. Leonhard units in Austria and shipped to Australia at the beginning of February.

Deliveries of the CLT elements to the site commenced in midApril and the estimated erection time is six to eight weeks.

The centre is scheduled to be

completed by the end of 2013 and to open its doors to the public by March 2014.

Docklands will deliver a number of sustainable initiatives. The building facade is to be clad with reclaimed hardwood timber, and a Five-Star Green Star rating under the Green Building Council of Australia is targeted.

Opportunity: new engineered product Project seeks access to on-going timber resource

ThIs engineered product is manufactured from small diameter treated true round plantation logs that would normally be chipped or destroyed. Resource cost is minimal.

The production system is low capital cost and can be set up in a minimum of time and at a minimum of cost. Compared with current systems such as LVL, sawn timber etc. this product has unrivalled versatility, fire resistance, projected longevity and sustainability.

This product has the ability to lower the costs of floor and wall framing in modern homes, as well as being ideal for low-cost housing The entire buildings can be erected on site using unskilled labour.

The product has undergone comprehensive testing at the engineering faculty of the University of Technology Sydney under the guidance of internationally renowned timber engineer Prof. Keith Crews.

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The project is keen to establish a plant near a guaranteed resource.

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INDUSTRY NEWS

Greenpeace launches case study critiquing FCS forest certification ACIVIST group Greenpeace International says it will publish a series of case studies highlighting examples of good and bad practice among operations certified under the Forest Stewardship Council, an eco-standard for forest products.

Greenpeace, an FSC member since the body was founded in 1993, says that as the standard has expanded, the risk to its credibility has also increased.

“Greenpeace fears that as the system has grown, the FSC’s implementation and interpretation of its standards have been watered down,” the group said in a media release.

“This is why we have just published the first set of case studies highlighting both the best practice and the areas

where FSC has to improve to maintain its reputation and ensure it is a logo that consumers can trust.

“These case studies will show the standards that must be consistently met if the FSC is to maintain its credibility.”

The first case studies looked at operations in two temperate forest regions: Ecotrust Canada, which Greenpeace says exceeds FSC standards, and three companies in Finland’s pulp and paper sector, which the group says falls short on the FSC’s chain-ofcustody standard for sourcing controlled wood.

In the Finland case, Greenpeace says that UPM, Metsa Group and Stora Enso are logging endangered forests but continue to produce under the FSC ‘MIX’ label.

“In Scandinavia, the

Case studies highlight both the best practice and the areas where FSC has to improve to maintain its reputation and ensure it is a logo consumers can trust

mismanagement by companies of FSC-controlled wood is threatening the survival of species at risk,” writes Greenpeace’s Judy Rodrigues.

“Recent field investigations show that this wood is coming from flying squirrel habitat and old-growth forests, which are being clear-cut by the Finnish state forestry company, Metsahallitus, to supply Finland’s forestry giants. This is not responsible forestry, and should not be endorsed by the FSC.” Greenpeace says that the forest certification is critical in a world of increasing demand for fibre and declining forests.

The FSC has certified around 180 million ha in 79 countries worldwide.

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US Forest Service awards $2.5m for renewable energy projects Grants will boost jobs and reduce risk of wildfires

US Forest Service chief Tom Tidwell has announced the award of nearly $2.5 million in grants to 10 small businesses and community groups for wood-to-energy projects that will help expand regional economies and create new jobs.

“These grants help grow new jobs, support clean energy production and improve our local environments, especially in reducing fire threats,” Mr Tidwell said.

Communities from Massachusetts to Alaska will benefit from the program this year.”

The projects will use woody material removed from forests during projects such as wildfire prevention and beetle-killed trees, and process woody biomass in bioenergy facilities to produce green energy for heating and electricity.

The awardees will use funds from the Woody Biomass Utilisation Grant program to further the planning of such facilities by funding the engineering services necessary for final design, permitting and cost analysis.

In fiscal year 2012, 20 biomass grant awards from the grant program totalling about $3 million were made to small business and community groups across the country. This $3 million investment leveraged

Expanding communities .. woody material utlised from forests during projects such as wildfire prevention and beetle-killed trees.

more than $400 million of rural development grants and loan guarantees for woody biomass facilities.

The program has contributed to the treatment of more than 500,000 acres (202,342 ha) and removed and used nearly 5 million green tonnes of biomass at an average cost of just $66 an acre. Grantees also reported a combined 1470 jobs created or retained as a result of the grant awards.

The program helps applicants complete the necessary design work needed to secure public or private investment for construction, and has been in effect since 2005. During this

Tom Tidwell .. grants support green energy production.

time period, more than 150 grants have been awarded to small businesses, non-profits,

More than 150 grants have been awarded to small businesses, non-profits, tribes and local state agencies to improve forest health, while creating jobs, green energy and healthy communities

tribes and local state agencies to improve forest health, while creating jobs, green energy and healthy communities.

Out of the 17 applications received, the Forest Service selected 10 small businesses and community groups as grant recipients for these awards.

According to the requirements, all 10 recipients provided at least 20% of the total project cost. Non-federal matching funds total nearly $6.3 million.

The mission of the US Forest Service is to sustain the health, diversity and productivity of the nation’s forests and grasslands to meet the needs of present and future generations. The agency manages 78,104,330 ha of public land, provides assistance to state and private landowners, and maintains the largest forestry research organisation in the world. Public lands managed by the Forest Service contribute more than $13 billion to the economy each year through visitor spending alone. Those same lands provide 20% of the nation’s clean water supply, a value estimated at $7.2 billion a year.

The agency has either a direct or indirect role in stewardship of about 80% of the 343,982,797 ha of forested land within the US, of which 40,468,564 ha is urban forests where most Americans live.

Canada wood products profits to double this year CANADIAN wood products industry profits will more than double this year to $808 million as the surging sector cashes in on a US housing market

recovery and strong demand from China.

A Conference Board of Canada report notes US housing starts have passed the one-million

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mark - on a seasonally adjusted annual basis - for the first time in five years. Exports to China increased by more than 1400% between 2003 and 2012.

Canada now accounts for 31% cent of total Chinese lumber imports, representing more than 6 million cub m of lumber last year.

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INTERNATIONAL FOCUS

FSC timber in historic brigantine raises flag for forest management Largest wooden ship ever built in San Francisco Bay A $5 MILLION replica of a historic sailing brigantine currently under construction in Sausalito, a San Francisco Bay precinct at the northern end of the Gold Gate Bridge, has officially entered the process of earning Forest Stewardship Council certification.

This demonstrates the vessel will be constructed from timber produced with responsible forestry practices. The nonprofit group behind the project, Educational Tall Ship for San Francisco Bay, selected SCS Global Services, a leading FSC certifier worldwide, to conduct the independent assessment proving that only FSC certified lumber is used in the hull, decks and cabins.

“By committing to the use of FSC certified timber, the Educational Tall Ship organisation has the opportunity to educate thousands of visitors about the environmental benefits of the responsible forestry practices on the west coast,” SCS executive vice-president Dr Robert Hrubes said.

The ship will be built with Douglas fir harvested from FSCcertified forests in Mendocino County that was donated by

Workers and stakeholders are actively engaged during the certification process.

“We want to use this ship to teach kids to be stewards of the planet,” founder of the Educational Tall Ship organisation Alan Olson said.

“Teaching them about our responsibly harvested FSC certified wood is a great way to help them connect with the local environment.”

Comfort at sea .. the FSC all-timber Brigantine’s saloon will act as the centre of activity for those on watch or on deck. Two long tables serve as a gathering area. Navigation equipment and regenerative power instrumentation offer real-time lessons.

The Conservation Fund, also audited by SCS. FSC certified Oregon white oak supplied by Sustainable Northwest will be used for rigging parts, hatches, furniture

and the rudder. This certification ensures that forest management practices protect old growth trees, rivers and terrestrial ecosystems, while avoiding over-logging.

‘Teaching kids about our responsibly harvested FSC certified wood is a great way to help them connect with the local environment’

The 40.2 m vessel will be the largest wooden ship constructed in the San Francisco area in nearly 100 years. During construction, the Educational Tall Ship will invite visitors to learn how wooden ships are built. Once launched, she will act as a living laboratory for students to learn to sail a tall ship while studying marine science and ecology.

SCS Global Services has been providing global leadership in third-party environmental and sustainability certification, auditing, testing, and standards development for nearly 30 years.

Sweden, Finland expand lumber shipments THERE has been significant growth in shipments of lumber from Sweden and Finland to markets outside of Europe.

Figures released by the Wood Resource Quarterly show that non-European exports from the two countries have soared over the last five years, with Swedish sawmills shipping 27% more lumber in 2012 than they did in 2007 and Finland experiencing a 43% increase over the same period.

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In terms of recipients, the biggest increases have been in the shipments sent to Northern Africa, the Middle East, Japan, China and the US. As a result of these changes, there has been a diversification in the exports of lumber from Nordic countries. Whereas five years ago, sawmills in Finland and Sweden sent almost threequarters (73%) of their produce to countries inside Europe, this share fell to 57% in 2012.

Finland exports more than half of its forestry-related produce to non-European nations, which has resulted in Japan and Egypt becoming the country’s two largest trading partners for lumber, replacing the more traditional markets of France, Germany and the UK. Over the course of the first four months of 2013, Finland was the second-largest supplier of softwood lumber to Japan, behind only Canada and ahead

of Sweden, Russia and the US. The Middle East and Northern Africa have become one of the most important regions for Swedish sawmills over the last decade, which have considerably increased the value of their exports to the region.

Another interesting development for shipments from Sweden is that although volumes are still relatively small, exports during the first four months to China were up 130%.

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VAFI welcomes essential reform for state’s timber manufacturing future THE Victorian Association of Forest Industries has welcomed a reform essential for the future of timber manufacturing and thousands of jobs in the state.

VAFI CEO Lisa Marty said that while the Sustainable Forests (Timber) Amendment Bill 2013 would not change the amount of forest available for timber production in Victoria, it would help support a sustainable,

responsible and competitive native forest and wood products industry.

“In a period of tough import competition for Australian manufacturing, we welcome the Victorian government’s reforms that will provide a more secure future for local timber manufacturing businesses,” Ms Marty said.

“In particular, this Bill allows

Great Southern case deepens THE barrister representing investors in the case of failed agribusiness company Great Southern said that 10,000 new documents had been uncovered that provided further evidence that the company misled investors.

In what is Australia’s largest ever class action, more than 20,000 investors are seeking to recover money following

the $2 billion collapse of the company’s managed investment schemes in 2009, says an ABC report.

Justice Clyde Croft agreed to reopen the case and allow the possible re-examination of witnesses, based on the documents, which relate to the yield the company hoped to achieve from its timber plantations.

government business enterprise VicForests to provide its customers with longerterm contracts for their timber supplies.”

Ms Marty said longer term contracts were essential to underpin business confidence, investment and innovation for the future competitiveness and sustainability of the forest and wood products industry.

“VicForests is the primary source of the $140 million in naturally grown hardwood produced in Victoria each year,” she said.

“The businesses that rely on this timber need longer than the three to four year contracts that have mostly been available in recent years if they are to invest, innovate and be competitive into the future.

“New investments are needed so the thousands of people

Lisa Marty .. amendment will encourage investment in industry.

who work in the industry and the thousands more in manufacturing that use the wood we produce can stay in business and keep making the renewable, carbon storing timber products Victorians love.

“This amendment will help encourage these investments while maintaining strict environmental safeguards.

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