Future Timber Hub

26/10/2021

In the news, recently, Hyne Timber has been celebrating the commencement in operations of their much anticipated new Continuous Drying Kiln (CDK) which was marked in an official ribbon cutting event held on the 8 October.
Did you know that the research from the ARC Future Timber Hub project "Impact of continuous drying on key production and performance criteria of engineered wood structural elements" has contributed greatly to this success story?
Hyne Timber's CEO, Jon Kleinschmidt, explains this invaluable support

18/10/2021

Inspiring video on how awesome timber can be - Sara Cultural Centre in Sweden – one of the tallest wooden buildings in the world.

Sara Cultural Centre in Skellefteå will be one of the tallest wooden buildings in the world when opening to the public in 2021. The 20-storey building will c...

28/07/2021

Over the Summer of 2020/21 four lucky UQ Undergraduate Engineering students were selected to complete a Summer Research Program which entailed 6 weeks of learning supervised by Dr Cristian Maluk, Abdulrahman "Abed" Zaben (ARC Future Timber Hub PhD Student) and Dr Henri Bailleres (industry partner at Hyne Timber). The project which is now finished was crowned "The Jolly Jumper". A rig that helps to demonstrate the strength granted by reinforcing timber beams in a kinaesthetic manner for users.https://futuretimberhub.org/news/jolly-jumper-showcasing-hybrid-timber-advanced-composites-beam

11/06/2021

Timber building materials produced from sustainably-grown local plantations and the benefits this brings to reducing carbon output are the thrusts of prize-winning projects by four The University of Queensland students, two from the School of Civil Engineering and two from the School of Architecture.
https://futuretimberhub.org/news/responsible-wood-award-highlighted-uq-civil-engineering-architecture-students

03/05/2021

25 King receiving more accolades. Great achievement.

25 King demonstrates the beauty, safety, sustainability benefits, practicality and cost-effectiveness of mass timber construction

27/04/2021

"Great to see a commercial scale construction project in Maryborough prioritising local timber supply, but it also marks the first mass timber structure for the region ahead of the new Maryborough Fire Station construction getting underway."

Between Hyne Timber and Rheinmetall NIOA Munitions (RNM), hundreds of jobs have been created in Maryborough for both shorter term construction and ongoing manufacturing capability into the future.

26/04/2021

Timber highlighted as major part in reducing emissions and to advocate for faster change in the industry towards an improved standard of construction and more regenerative construction practices. Builders declare is a movement to raise awareness of the need for action in building construction.

22/04/2021

Project leaders, industry and institutional partners and academics came together as a united group at a collaborative workshop in Brisbane last Thursday organised by the Centre for
Future Timber Structures / Future Timber Hub.

19/04/2021

The Queensland Government have announced they will be building the replacement, state-of-the-art Maryborough Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) Complex from Hyne Timber engineered timber solutions. The UQ Centre for Future Timber Structures (CFTS) and the ARC Future Timber Hub are proud to be involved in getting this project off the ground.

Hyne has welcomed the Queensland Government’s announcement to build the replacement, state-of-the-art Maryborough Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) Complex from their engineered timber solutions.

19/04/2021

$12.1 million contract delivered for new Maryborough fire & emergency services complex, using local timber from Hyne Timber & Hutchinson Builders.

12/03/2021

The ARC Future Timber Hub is featured in this special feature article by The Fifth Estate "The Wood from the trees". It showcases the issues we need to tackle if we are to grasp the full potential of this most beautiful and natural of our building materials. Thanks to Hub Chief Investigators Joe Gattas and Rob McGavin who contributed to the article. Special mention Hub Partners Hyne Timber, Arup, Lendlease and Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (Queensland).

SPECIAL FEATURE: There’s a lot of complexity starting to emerge in our love affair with timber.