Slated to open later this year, the $1.45 billion, 39-storey ‘plyscraper’ will eventually contain more than 30,000 cubic metres of timber — shipped by European giants Stora Enso and Wiehag — across 21 storeys of the tower, with seven four-storey’ timber habitats’ sandwiched between steel-and-concrete mega floor plates above a seven-storey concrete podium.

And the glass panels going up are anything but conventional.

Spanish BIPV manufacturer Onyx Solar — working through Australian building products supplier Metz — is installing 1,794 crystalline silicon solar louvres across the tower’s active facade as part of a bespoke 247 kWp system. Speaking to PV Magazine Australia earlier this month, Onyx Solar revealed that each unit carries 28 mono-crystalline cells in a 4+4 mm glass configuration and produces 138 Wp at peak output. “The louvres also form a self-shading system that cuts direct solar heat gain internally,” Onya Solar said, turning the tower’s skin into a “vertical power source.”

Designed by BVN and New York-based SHoP, each ‘habitat’ comprises four floors of timbered space stacked inside a steel exoskeleton, eliminating the need for internal columns. “The timber floors are connected to the concrete floors via drag straps,” said Tim Allen, timber structural lead for TTW, who spoke at Timber Construct — Australia’s only timber construction conference — in late 2024. “Why build a 39-storey building partly out of timber?” Allen said. “Because it comes down to using the right timber for the right application.”

Whilst in October last year, Peter Morley, the Dexus project director overseeing the build, said the team had “broken the back on the most technical, structural phase of the project,” with the hybrid timber approach allowing the developers “to bring the building up quicker and get the façade on quicker than a more traditional build.”

“That’s because we’re jumping up five levels every time, and while we’re going up, we’re coming back and infilling with the timber within each of those five-storey zones,” Morley said. Atlassian Central is co-owned by Dexus and Atlassian, with Built and Japanese construction giant Obayashi appointed as builders, confirming the building remains “on schedule” for a 2026 opening, with the tech giant expected to take over five of the seven habitats in late 2028 following a full fit-out.

At street level, crews are also well advanced on a new pedestrian connection from Railway Colonnade Drive to the Devonshire Street Tunnel entrance — the heritage passage running beneath Central Station between Lee Street and Devonshire Street — which will, for the first time, allow pedestrians to access the tunnel directly from the colonnade as part of Central’s broader Third Square redevelopment.

“Unfortunately, there’s not much you can do apart from deal with asbestos when you find it to ensure that you’re providing a safe workplace and a safe building going forward,” according to Victorian Treasurer Jaclyn Symes, who spoke to ABC Melbourne Radio, who confirmed that the bill sits with the government and not the Australian Grand Prix Corporation under its contract with F1 rights holder Liberty Media.

Last month, Wood Central reported that the new building will include a striking timber waffle roof design — joining a growing roster of F1 facilities swapping steel and concrete for hybrid cross-laminated timber systems. Renders produced by Woods Bagot show a massive roof that will eventually shelter 14 F1 team garages.

“What excites us most about this design is how it elevates both elite motorsport and grassroots community sport under one roof,” said Woods Bagot Director Bruno Mendes, the project’s design lead. “We’ve engineered a facility that doesn’t just host one of the world’s premier racing events — it actively gives back to the local sporting community every day of the year.”

Inside the canopy, race control suites, media workrooms and administration offices sit alongside the garages, with expansive hospitality terraces framed by CLT beams and full-height glazing offering circuit and lake views for 5,000 Paddock Club guests. When Grand Prix teams pack up each year, the complex converts into a community sporting hub with seven indoor courts and clubrooms for local football, netball and basketball clubs.

Delivered by a consortium of AECOM, Icon and Woods Bagot, the redevelopment draws on the same team behind the award-winning T3 Collingwood — Melbourne’s tallest hybrid timber office building, also built by Icon.

Drawing record attendance, the Treasurer was happy to spruik the benefits of hosting the race: “I can point to the fact that the Grand Prix is a major economic contributor to the state and I know that many people are going to get along to that race this weekend,” she said. “It fills beds in hotels and people going out for dinner, and it keeps everyone busy, and it supports thousands of jobs.”

As for the existing building, constructed in 1995, Wood Central understands that full demolition is slated to begin days after Sunday’s race, with the new facility scheduled for completion ahead of the 2028 Grand Prix.

• To learn more about Melbourne’s Formula 1 Pit Lane building, one of Australia’s largest timber projects in development, click here for Wood Central’s special feature from last month.

That is according to the latest ABARES Agricultural Commodities Report, published yesterday, which revealed that the gross value of forestry (GVP) production is expected to reach $2.23 billion in 2026-27 — a 3 per cent nominal increase or a 1 per cent real increase. And over the medium term, the GVP is projected to drop back $2.1 billion, with no material growth expected until at least 2030-31.

By the numbers, total gross value production in forests has dropped by 36 per cent over the past eight years — from about $3.4 billion in 2017-18 — with softwood relatively steady at about $1.5 billion, hardwood plantations flatlining at $0.5 billion and native forest continuing what is now a 20-year decline.

According to Diana Hallam, CEO of the Australian Forest Products Association, whilst the topline figures point to the vital role of sustainable forestry in producing essential products, the report also identified serious challenges and headwinds for the sector.

“Some of these challenges and risks include high manufacturing and energy costs, greater use of structural steel in residential and mid-rise construction, as well as a growing amount of imported timber products of varying quality flooding the Australian marketplace, including from China,” she said.

Hallam said the new estimates also reaffirmed the importance of aligning the government’s policy with Australia’s Timber Fibre Strategy, which outlines opportunities for the industry to make a greater contribution to national goals in carbon, innovation, and housing construction.

Softwood up, hardwood down, native at historic lows

The value of softwood plantation production is forecast to increase slightly in 2026-27, driven by short-term movements in detached housing demand. But ABARES warns that a gradual shift toward higher-density dwellings is expected to temper timber demand over the medium term, whilst projected increases in softwood log availability will ease unit prices.

Hardwood plantation production, however, is heading the other way.

And that’s because ongoing shifts in global paper markets are placing downward pressure on woodchip demand, whilst Vietnam’s growing share of global trade — combined with projected exchange rate changes — is continuing to erode Australia’s competitiveness overseas. ABARES expects Australian hardwood woodchip exports to settle at similar volumes but lower unit prices, with Australia holding a smaller, more specialised role in the market.

And then there is native forestry, where production has now fallen to historically low levels following 20 years of contraction driven by the transfer of multiple-use public native forests to nature conservation reserves and increased harvest restrictions.

A $570 million downward revision

ABARES has slashed its forestry forecast by more than $570 million — a 21 per cent revision from its December report — with exports the major driver of the writedown, down more than $619 million amid weaker production and prices.

It comes days after this masthead reported on a new white paper from the Rozetta Institute arguing that Australia needs a national roadmap to boost forest productivity and encourage new capital into the market.

On Friday, Wood Central spoke to the white paper’s lead author, Steve Walker, Principal of Terrafolia Advisory, and co-author Dr Lyndall Bull, who revealed that Australian plantations produce just 15 to 18 cubic metres per hectare per year against international benchmarks of 30 to 50.

And on Monday, Walker went further, telling Wood Central the sector’s decades-long focus on cost discipline had come at the expense of genuine value creation. “Lifting productivity on the land already planted is the fastest and most scalable opportunity,” Walker said. “International benchmarks in Brazil, India, Vietnam and China demonstrate that 30 to 50 cubic metres per hectare per year is achievable using proven technologies already available.”

“If we can do this, we can ultimately strengthen our capacity to produce more competitive engineered wood products like LVL and other EWPs,” he said, adding that the downstream benefits could add tens of millions of dollars to regional communities.

• For more information, including the ABARES full March 2026 Agricultural Commodities Report, visit the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences.

That is, according to new ABS data analysed by IndustryEdge, which revealed that Australia’s imports of prefabricated and modular buildings have lifted to a record $326.4 million for the year to November 2025, a staggering 51.1% uptake on the last 12 months with modular steel ($75.8 million, up 246.8%) and prefabricated steel and other non-wood products ($227.3 million, up 28.9%) making up more than 92% of imports.

The data comes amid growing public and political interest in prefabricated and modular construction as a potential lever for addressing Australia’s housing supply shortfall. Yesterday, Wood Central reported that a major Australian developer is now partnering with a major Chinese construction firm to bring prefab expertise to address Sydney’s housing crisis, whilst the AustChina Institute is looking to establish a trade corridor for prefab to help close the gap.

But how much of these building materials are going into housing?

The ABS data paints a more nuanced picture of what is actually arriving at ports. The figures do not distinguish between industrial and commercial buildings and dwellings, making it difficult to determine how much of the record growth is being driven by residential demand. The formal product descriptors are published on the Border Force website under the 9406 Prefabricated Buildings classifications, with longer versions contained in the monthly ABS data series.

A closer look at the largest import category — 9406.90.00.04, covering steel and other non-wood prefabricated buildings — tells the story.

At $227.3 million, it accounts for nearly 70% of the total, and it is made up almost entirely of commercial and industrial products. The category contains no information on the value of dwelling imports. What it does list is cold rooms, spray booths, operating theatres, carports, greenhouses, interpreter booths, pod offices, observatory domes, vaults, laundries, showers, kitchens, bathrooms, and workshops — a long way from the housing conversation that has dominated the prefab narrative in recent months.

Wooden prefab buildings make up just 7.1% of all imports by value

Inevitably, most interest in the timber sector will centre on imports of prefabricated wooden buildings. The value here lifted $5.5 million, or 31.0%, to $23.3 million (FOB) over the year to November 2025. It’s a strong growth rate off a modest base — wooden prefab buildings still account for just 7.1% of total prefabricated building imports by value. Imports are spread across the states, reasonably consistent with population size.

On the supply side, mainland China accounted for 66.1% of total prefabricated building imports, or $215.9 million (FOB), for the year to November 2025. The picture shifts when specifically isolating the wooden prefab. China supplied 43.0% of imported wooden prefabricated buildings by value, with Estonia contributing 20.7% and Latvia 9.5% — a reflection of the Baltic states’ established expertise in timber construction and their growing footprint in the Australian market.

That Baltic connection is also worth watching. European timber producers have been actively diversifying their export markets since EU sanctions on Russian and Belarusian timber disrupted established supply chains from 2022. As Wood Central has reported, the reshaping of global timber trade flows has opened new corridors — and Australia’s wooden prefab import profile increasingly appears to reflect that shift.

There is no question that political and commercial interest in prefab housing is growing. But the import data suggests the reality has not yet caught up with the ambition. The bulk of Australia’s record $326.4 million in prefab imports is going into commercial and industrial applications, and for the timber sector, wooden prefab remains a small but growing corner of the market at $23.3 million a year.

The gap between where the conversation is and where the numbers are remains significant.

The review, announced by the International Trade Administration as part of a broader initiation notice covering multiple trade orders, names Hunchun Xingjia Wooden Flooring Inc. and Zhejiang Longsen Lumbering Co., Ltd. as companies subject to examination.

Under the agency’s process, respondent selection may be limited to a subset of firms, determined either from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) import data or from quantity‑and‑value questionnaires issued to exporters. The CBP data or questionnaire responses will be placed on the record within 5 days of the notice’s publication, and the Commerce Department aims to select respondents within 35 days. Interested parties will have seven days to comment once the data are posted, followed by a five‑day window for rebuttal submissions.

The Department also noted that reviews may be rescinded where there are no suspended entries for a company or where entries were not made under the firm’s specific case number. Producers or exporters listed in the initiation notice may notify Commerce within 30 days if they had no exports, sales, or entries during the period of review. In addition, parties that requested a review may withdraw their request within 90 days of publication.

And whilst the core of the terminal opened to passengers in 2024, the past 18 months have been dedicated to demolishing and rebuilding the north and south nodes — a task carried out while the airport remained fully operational. And Wood Central understands that the final configuration now links ticketing, security and circulation spaces into a single, seismically isolated volume, eliminating the bottlenecks that characterised the interim construction period.

“The last 30% of Portland Airport’s main terminal project, on both the north and south of wing of the terminal, will wrap up by June, adding new restaurants, shops, bathrooms, art, and improved passenger flow,” according to Alamy McCarty, a reporter for KGW8 news who toured the new section. “As we open up the last 30% of the project, you’ll see the continuation of a walk in the forest.”  

Behind the Douglas fir interior lies one of the most advanced seismic designs for any airport anywhere in the world, with the structure engineered to remain fully operational both during and after a magnitude‑9.0 Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake, whilst high‑tech base isolation bearings are installed beneath the columns to allow the roof and floor plates to move independently from the ground. And for crews, this meant threading new structural systems through an active terminal — a challenge far removed from a greenfield build.

And the logistical demands are immense. Crews had to demolish the old ticket lobbies and baggage claim areas just metres from live passenger operations, while simultaneously erecting the steel that “stitched” the Phase 1 roof to the new Phase 2 sections. The distinctive Y‑columns now run uninterrupted from end to end, supporting the undulating mass timber diaphragm that has become the project’s signature.

Attention is now shifted to interior fit‑out. Electricians are completing the LED lighting integration within the timber coffers, while finish trades install terrazzo flooring designed to mimic the dappled light of a forest floor. The final retail nodes are also taking shape, with the Port of Portland prioritising local operators over generic airport franchises.

The supply chain behind the project remains one of its defining achievements. More than 2.5 million board feet of glulam beams and lattice were sourced from within a 300‑mile radius, including tribal lands and small family‑owned forests. Timberlab and Zip‑O‑Laminators led the mass timber fabrication, while W&W | AFCO Steel delivered the structural steel package.

• To learn more about the airport, click here for Wood Central’s exclusive interview with Jared Revy, the Director of Manufacturing for Timberlab, one of North America’s largest mass timber manufacturers and fabricators of the massive build.

Previously covered by Wood Central, the new glulam—developed by WTIBeam in partnership with Australian Bluegum Plantations and OneFortyOne—marks a major shift in how plantation hardwoods are used. Instead of being chipped or pulped, blue gum can now be turned into high‑value structural products capable of replacing native hardwoods restricted under forest‑harvesting bans.

“It’s really pleasing to see our research deliver a real‑world application, proving that plantation‑grown blue gum can deliver high‑performance structural products at scale,” according to Tony Wright, CEO of the Green Triangle Forest Industries Hub, who added that GL24 could help Australian plantations displace imported timbers and supplement steel and concrete.

According to Edwina Vulcz, owner of WTIBeam, the glulam product signals a new way of valuing blue gum. “We’re excited to see our new product come to life in the home of plantation forestry in Mt Gambier. “Blue gum makes incredible glulam when manufactured the right way, and the high‑strength grades like GL24 can support builders to achieve longer spans, reducing material use and construction costs.”

Forestry centre opens to fanfare

Opened late last week, the $16.5 million centre is a partnership between the Peter Malinauskas‑led state government, the University of Adelaide—which has committed $6.55 million over 10 years—and the forest industry. The building brings together the National Centre for Forestry Innovation, led by Professor Jeff Morrell, the Green Triangle Forest Industries Hub and Tree Breeding Australia.

“This centre is about backing one of our state’s great regional success stories with world‑class research, innovation and skills, ensuring the forestry sector remains strong, sustainable and competitive well into the future,” Minister for Forest Industries Clare Scriven said.

“Our plantation forest region is one of the powerhouses of the Australian forest sector, and this centre will help drive economic growth, attract investment and support local jobs. By bringing together government, researchers, educators and industry in one location, we are creating the right conditions for collaboration, innovation and long‑term prosperity for the region.”

According to Professor Nicola Phillips, Vice‑Chancellor for the University of Adelaide, the new centre demonstrates how research can deliver direct benefits to regional communities and industry. “By co‑locating world‑class researchers with industry partners in the heart of the Green Triangle, ideas will be translated more efficiently from the lab to the plantation and processing floor,” she said. “The centre will also strengthen pathways between research, education and industry, ensuring that students and early career researchers gain hands‑on experience in the sector.”

Whilst Professor Morrell said the centre’s mission is to deliver practical, industry‑led research. “The centre works closely with growers, processors and product manufacturers to address real challenges such as productivity, sustainability, climate resilience and the development of high‑value timber products,” he said. “By translating science into solutions, the centre will ensure the industry continues to innovate, adapt, provide secure jobs and remain globally competitive in a rapidly changing market.”

And with the state election only weeks away, South Australian Forest Products Association CEO Nathan Paine said the opening sends a clear signal about the sector’s future. “It sends a strong message well beyond Mount Gambier, the centre reinforces South Australia’s commitment to future‑focused industries built on sustainability, innovation and community,” he told the SA Voice yesterday.

“Too often, we see good ideas announced but never delivered. Today shows what’s possible when government listens, commits and follows through,” he said. “As the birthplace of Australia’s commercial plantation forestry sector, the centre recognises the 150‑year legacy of regional workers, businesses and researchers, and it will strengthen the global competitiveness of forest industries research while creating lasting economic and employment opportunities across the Limestone Coast and throughout the state.”

• To learn more about how researchers are using plantation fibre to build frames, panels and modules in factories, click here for Wood Central’s special feature on The Precinct, an IndustryEdge project funded by Australian Forest and Wood Innovations (AFWI), the $100 million‑plus Commonwealth‑supported research institute co‑matched by industry and partners.

“The current building does not meet the standards required by Formula 1 and the motorsport governing body, Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile, to host a Formula 1 event,” according to Development Victoria, the statutory body overseeing the project, revealing that the new build will help secure the flagship for the next decade. “The pit building is being redeveloped to ensure Melbourne can continue to host the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix through to 2037.”

Wood Central understands that the new complex will be framed inside a giant mass-timber superstructure—one of Australia’s largest mass-timber installations in design—and will join a growing roster of F1 facilities that are swapping steel and concrete for hybrid cross-laminated timber systems.

Early works commenced last July, with Icon Construction crews mobilising to carry out geotechnical investigations, utility relocations and preliminary earthworks. These preparatory activities ensure the site is primed for full-scale construction immediately after the 2026 event.

“What excites us most about this design is how it elevates both elite motorsport and grassroots community sport under one roof,” according to Bruno Mendes, of Woods Bagot, the design lead for the project. “We’ve engineered a facility that doesn’t just host one of the world’s premier racing events—it actively gives back to the local sporting community every day of the year.”

Inside the timber canopy, 12 Formula 1 team garages and two additional bays for officials will be situated alongside state-of-the-art race control suites, media workrooms, and administration offices. Expansive hospitality terraces—framed by cross-laminated timber beams and full-height glazing—will offer unrivalled views of the circuit and lake for 5,000 additional spectators.

A key feature is the building’s dual-use ambition. When Grand Prix teams pack up, the pit complex will seamlessly convert into a community sporting hub complete with indoor courts and clubrooms for local football, netball and basketball clubs. “We’re not just building for the Grand Prix,” a project spokesperson added. “This facility will be a year-round asset for Albert Park and the surrounding suburbs.”

The redevelopment is a joint initiative between Development Victoria, the Australian Grand Prix Corporation, Parks Victoria, the State Sport Centres Trust and the Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions, with full funding committed by the Victorian Government. Major construction is scheduled to run from mid-2026 until just before the 2028 Grand Prix week, with race operations continuing uninterrupted throughout. Development Victoria has pledged that “works will not affect the running of the event.”

Draft maps released yesterday outline the vision for the remaining 23 of 50 “Train and Tram Zone Activity Centres,” described by the government as “vibrant places where people access public transport, shop, work, connect with family and friends, as well as live.”

According to Victorian Planning Minister Sonya Kilkenny, the government wanted to make it “easier and fairer” for more Victorians to live in suburbs of their choosing: “We’re releasing them in these areas because they’re really well connected to public transport, to infrastructure, to jobs and services, and we also know they’re areas where too many Victorians have been priced out,” she said.

A Train and Tram Zone Activity Centre in Caulfield would have the least restrictive height restrictions, allowing up to 20 storeys near Caulfield Racecourse and Monash University.

Height restrictions vary from four to 16 storeys in other suburbs near stations in Windsor, Blackburn and Springvale, while a five-kilometre zone is outlined between Malvern and South Yarra stations. Buildings near Chapel Street in Prahran could also soar to what heights? 16 storeys.

And in Toorak and Armadale, developments up to 10 storeys high are slated.

“This is about putting more homes where it makes sense, so higher buildings in the cores in the centres, and then a more gradual density the further out you move from those cores,” Kilkenny said. “What we’ve been seeing is our growth suburbs carrying the burden of more homes.

“Places like Melton and Wyndham have grown over the last 30 years by more than 400 per cent, whereas places like Booronarra Bayside, growing roughly around 24 to 28 per cent.”

Locals are invited to provide feedback on the draft plans over the next month via the Engage Victoria website, with submissions due by March 22. “Have a look at the maps, engage with us, consult with us, and provide feedback on these draft maps, and help us show where more homes can go over the next couple of decades, as we plan for the future,” Kilkenny said.

Melbourne is the sweet spot for Australia’s most ambitious build-to-rent developer

Last year, Rory Hunter, CEO of MODEL, revealed that Melbourne’s inner north was ideally placed to build mid-rise and high-rise build-to-rent towers out of cross-laminated timber.

Addressing 200 architects, engineers, developers and timber professionals at Timber Construct – Australia’s largest timber in construction conference, Hunter said MODEL, which is now working on two projects in Abbotsford, is well-positioned to succeed where traditional or legacy developers have not:

“We’re designing for a very different future. Buildings must be more resilient, and timber is a key part of that,” Hunter said from the sidelines. “As the energy transition and broader decarbonisation accelerate, assets that haven’t considered operational and embodied carbon from the start risk becoming stranded. Timber aligns with our values and mission, and it’s what the market will demand.”

Responding to questions from Georgie Coutsodimitropoulos, NeXTimber by Timberlink’s Marketing and Brand Manager, Hunter said that combining timber and Passivhaus standards can materially lift housing quality across Australia.

“Shockingly, the majority of Australian homes fall outside the World Health Organisation’s recommended temperature and humidity ranges, and the situation is worse in the rental sector,” he said. “Around 80% of rental homes are either too cold and damp in winter or too hot in summer, creating real health risks for tenants.”

• To learn more about Hunter’s bid to build more build-to-rent towers out of cross-laminated timber, click here for Wood Central’s exclusive coverage from Timber Construct.

So far, more than $240 million has been spent on building the campus, with Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Helen Bartlett cutting the ribbon on three new buildings in April 2024, bringing the total to 16,000 square metres of teachable space on Queensland’s fastest-growing university campus.

“Seeing the campus highlights how timber construction is already delivering high-performance, working buildings at scale,” according to Dr Sam Van Holsbeeck, who is organising the Field Trip – Building with Timber Construction, Performance and Design Life, which involves a tour of USC’s National Centre for Timber Durability and Design Life and a trip to iTreat’s timber treatment plant.

Last year, Wood Central tracked the progress of the massive project, which used more than 2,000 pre-finished interior AC-iHoop and Ariaply throughout the buildings. At the time, Scott Matthews, the Joint CEO of Austal Plywoods, revealed that plywood was “cost-effective and delivered ready to install.”

Built by Badge Construction and designed by KIRK Studio – at the forefront of Australia’s push to embrace mass timber design—and Cottee Parker, the three buildings each use a prefabricated mass timber superstructure, combining HESS Timber’s glulam and Xlam’s cross-laminated timber.

According to Richard Kirk, principal of KIRK Studio, using both prefabrication and mass timber “has proven to sequester carbon using renewable timber feedstock to significantly reduce construction time, reduce waste, and support safer and quieter construction sites.”

Kirk is Queensland’s pre-eminent expert in mass timber design and has been responsible for the design of almost all mass timber buildings in Queensland. “The exposed timber structure, generous windows and large light-filled atriums produce an entirely new open typology for UniSC — fit for a young university unconstrained by traditional ways,” KIRK Studio said, adding that “the design showcases the University as an active, growing campus and produces a sense of gravity – drawing in students, staff and community members alike.”

As one of the country’s leaders in timber research, USC was invited to join the University of Tasmania and the University of Melbourne in establishing an Australian Forest and Wood Innovation Centre focused on indigenous and agroforestry opportunities in Northern Australia.

So far, more than 4,700 students are studying at UniSC Moreton Bay, and Professor Bartlett said the campus is exceeding expectations. “There was enormous demand for a university campus at Moreton Bay before UniSC arrived, and we continue to see many non‑school leavers enrolling as well as the traditional school leaver cohort from local secondary schools,” she said.

Popular programs at the campus include Nursing Science, Primary Education, Social Work, Biomedical Science and the university’s Tertiary Preparation Pathway. Mayor Peter Flannery said the campus is reshaping opportunities for local residents. “Over 40 per cent of students at the Moreton Bay campus are the first in their families to study, and 70 per cent are Moreton Bay residents. We know this demand will just grow,” he said. “Co‑locating start‑ups, entrepreneurs and innovators alongside students and researchers is a way for businesses to connect with their future workforce and drive additional opportunities for collaboration.”

Full Program for the Forestry Australia field trip

• 9.15 am – Meet at UniSC Moreton Bay Campus
• 9.30 am-11.00 am – Introduction and guided tour of the UniSC Moreton Bay Campus, showcasing timber buildings, mass timber and prefabricated construction, and sustainability outcomes.
• 11.00 am -12.00 pm – Presentation by the National Centre for Timber Durability and Design Life on timber durability and exposure trials, including display samples and discussion.
• 12.00 pm-12.45 pm – Lunch
• 12.45 pm-1.00 pm – Travel to iTreat Timber
• 1.00 pm-2.30 pm – Visit to iTreat Timber, including a guided tour of the facilities and an overview of timber treatment and preservation processes.