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Mar

Brisbane Olympics Can Lead World with Timber Use — But It Needs Smarter Design

Professor Keith Crews, ARC Advance Timber Hub Director and Chair of the 2025 World Conference on Timber Engineering is featured in this Wood Central article on how Queensland has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to deliver a Games that offers a lasting legacy not just for Brisbane but all parts of Australia with the use of better timber and smarter design.

Brisbane Olympics Can Lead World with Timber Use — But It Needs Smarter Design

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Mar

Your Chance to Rub Shoulders with the World’s Best Timber Engineers

Six Australian engineers will receive a full pass to the World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE), hosted in Brisbane June 22-26, 2025, thanks to the Gottstein Trust—Australia’s national educ ...

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Feb

WoodSolutions Australian Timber Design Competition finalists will receive a bursary to attend the World Conference on Timber Engineering

WoodSolutions has launched the Australian Timber Design Competition 2025. This national competition challenges the next generation of architects, engineers, and timber specialists to design a hypothet ...

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Feb

Calling Australian Engineers – unique opportunity to attend the World Conference on Timber Engineering

A unique opportunity has been unveiled with The Gottstein Trust offering six fully paid conference places at the upcoming World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE), being held in Brisbane from the ...

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Feb

New & Improved Timber-Cardboard Panels Are a Lifesaver for Disaster Zones

Great to see more media coverage of the research that Mahmoud Abu-Saleem and ARC Advance Timber Hub Chief Investigator, Associate Professor Joe Gattas are leading. The publication the media coverage i ...

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Feb

HDR Opportunity – ARC Advance Timber Hub

The ARC Advance Timber Hub are pleased to advise we have a HDR Opportunity available at The University of Queensland, St Lucia Campus. Research Node: Manufacturing Innovation Hub Project: Adaptive pro ...

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Dec

Global Collaboration on Timber Innovation: Enhancing Urban Resilience Through Wood

In May 2023, the University of Queensland hosted a local workshop focused on the theme “Urban Transition with Wood for Enhanced Resilience of Cities and Forests.” The event explored how timber can ...

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