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Future Timber Hub

Locality: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Address: School of Civil Engineering, Advanced Engineering Building 4072 Brisbane, QLD, Australia

Website: https://futuretimberhub.org

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22.01.2022 The Suspended Remnants - Timber Pavilion, which is part of the Future Timber Hub Project "Alternative uses for under-valued sawmill products in innovative timber structures" has been entered into the 2020 Good Design Awards. Thank you to our research collaborators, Swinburne University of Technology (special mention to Canhui Chen), who submitted the entry with The University of Queensland. See: https://futuretimberhub.org//future-timber-hub-pavilion-en

21.01.2022 The ARC Future Timber Hub are proud of Mr. Faircloth who has been a researcher on the Future Timber Hub project titled Non-destructive evaluation of elastic material properties and acoustic characterisation of wood based massive panels" under the supervision of Dr. Chandan Kumar a Senior Scientist and the projects leader at the Queensland Government Department of Agriculture & Fisheries (DAF) Forestry Research team at the Salisbury Research Facility.

19.01.2022 Sustainability is a key focus for the "hybrid timber" tower. The 40-storey building will be 180 metres tall and accommodate up to 4,000 staff, with a youth hostel occupying the lower levels and would be built to last 100 years.

15.01.2022 Great to see Hyne Timber and Lendlease, who are both Future Timber Hub interdisciplinary partners, involved in the ‘Building Greener Cities’ episode by ABC Catalyst.

15.01.2022 Good to see Nine News Queensland showcasing environmentally friendly construction styles in Brisbane. Dr Joe Gattas, featured, is a Chief Investigator of the Future Timber Hub.

15.01.2022 See how a number of independent practitioners have been using CLT by applying the latest methods of fabrication, computational design techniques, and visualisation software.

14.01.2022 Research projects and future pathways at the ARC Future Timber Hub were highlighted in the Timber Forestry Enews - 23 July 2020 issue, pg 3. This issues cover story also highlights the Salisbury Research Facility "Welcome to Wood World: A 'Theme Park' for Research". Project Investigator, Rob McGavin, cover photo - middle, leads the Future Timber Hub Project "The optimisation of wood-based mass-panels for Australian building systems".

13.01.2022 Future Timber Hub Chief Investigators, Dr Joe Gattas & Kim Baber, showcase The University of Queensland's School of Civil Engineering & School of Architecture in this UQ film "Can my walls talk?". The fillm has had over 12,000 views since its launch in early August. It demonstrates how The University of Queensland is at the forefront of two Future Timber Hub Projects that aim to reduce wastage and emissions in the timber industry, while adding value, knowledge and character at the same time. These Hub projects are: 1) Prefabrication and digital fabrication strategies for large-scale timber construction 2) Alternative uses for under-valued sawmill products in innovative timber structures

13.01.2022 The latest large-scale CLT compartment fire test for the Future Timber Hub Project Exploring the self-extinguishment mechanism of engineered timber in full-scale compartment fires has been showcased on the ARC Research Highlights. There will be more large-scale compartment fire tests later this year!

12.01.2022 CLT has been highlighted on Channel Nine News Queensland - Brisbane's 'Timber Tower'. Dr Joe Gattas, Chief Investigator from the Future Timber Hub, was interviewed by Channel Nine News, at The University of Queensland's Structures Laboratory, to showcase Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) which is being used to build the Monterey Apartments at Kangaroo Point in Brisbane, Australia. The news aired on Saturday, 6 June 2020 - Brisbane's 'Timber Tower'. The CLT supplied for the project is from XLam, and the glulam supplied by Hyne Timber.

11.01.2022 ARC Future Timber Hub Chief investigator, Dr Juan Hidalgo, is guest speaker at this upcoming Mass Timber webinar on 3 Sept 2020.

10.01.2022 The winners of Australia’s peak international design awards the highest honour for design and innovation in the country were announced on the 9 September 2020 during the 2020 Good Design Week. The Suspended Remnants - Timber Pavilion, which is a structure created from a collaboration between two ARC Future Timber Hub Projects, received a prestigious Good Design Award Gold Accolade in the Engineering Design category in recognition for outstanding design and innovation. The ...full Research Project team includes: The University of Queensland researchers and Future Timber Hub Chief Investigators, Kim Baber and Joe Gattas; research partners from Swinburne University of Technology, Jane Burry and Canhui Chen; students and graduates from the School of Architecture including Daniel Foote, Harry McCullough, Fatemeh Raouf and Nick Russel, and visiting timber researchers from the University of Kaiserslautern, Benedikt Blumenröder and from the University of Bath, Aurimas Bukauskas. The pavilion was fabricated in the Future Timber Hubs’ Architecture Workshops at UQ with support of Sam Butler and Mark Lynne, and the support of the ARC Future Timber Hub Industry Partner, Hyne Timber. See more

10.01.2022 Great to see Timberbiz promoting our recent CLT Fire test for the Hub project "Exploring the self-extinguishment mechanism of engineered timber in full-scale compartment fires".

05.01.2022 This week the ARC Future Timber Hub, which included delegates from The University of Queensland (UQ), Griffith University, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF) and Hyne Timber were showcased the timber construction of the Monterey Apartments building site at Kangaroo Point, Brisbane, Australia. Simon Betteridge and members of the team at the Gardner Vaughan Group (GVG) hosted the tour which highlighted the key drives and learnings for this market leading project. See: https://futuretimberhub.org//site-visit-monterey-apartment

01.01.2022 Constructed entirely from timber and powered by sustainable energy sources, the ambition is to be the world's greenest football stadium upon completion.