The WoodSolutions Education Program delivered its Industry-Educator workshop in early November, supported by Deakin University at the beautiful Deakin Downtown Centre in Melbourne.   The aim of this initiative is to bring industry and educators together to discuss facilitation and incorporation of timber content being taught across Australia, ensuring that the students of today are well informed about timber as the specifiers of tomorrow. 

The winners of the 23rd Australian Timber Design Awards were announced at an event in Sydney on Thursday night, hosted by The Ultimate Renewable™ Brand Ambassador - Adam Dovile. With fourteen catego...

The Australian forest and wood products industry launches an initiative to reduce the impact of natural disasters through the use of timber in home design and construction.

Omnia House, by Elizabeth Wheeler of Future Focus Buildings and Tamar Boyd of Blue Lotus Energy Rating, have taken out the National Award for the Design Matters National True Zero Carbon Challenge 2022

The ongoing floods across Australia have stranded communities and severely damaged infrastructure and homes – but all may not be lost when talking timber.

In this course you will learn about the consultant’s best approach to using timber structures in mid-rise projects (4+ levels), their advantages when they are correctly designed and procured, and th...

The WoodSolutions Mid-rise Advisory Program has supported building professionals for 6 years, providing evidence-based information and advisory services on the use of timber structures for projects ab...

WoodSolutions Fact Sheets are concise and easy to digest one page descriptions of timber products and their benefits. The Fact Sheets provide free, easy to access information on wood products, wood...

With bushfire season once again approaching, thoughts turn to designing and building to minimise the potential risk of damage to homes in bushfire prone areas. While some think that designing to “bu...