{"id":10395,"date":"2023-09-05T07:09:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T21:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/?p=10395"},"modified":"2024-10-21T20:27:49","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T10:27:49","slug":"boosting-quality-control-was-the-focus-of-the-tpaa-workshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/boosting-quality-control-was-the-focus-of-the-tpaa-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Boosting Quality Control Was the Focus of the TPAA Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Timber Preservers Association of Australia held a successful workshop in Brisbane on August 30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The gathering at the Eco-Science Precinct at Dutton Park discussed preserved wood quality, managing wastes, standards, testing and risks to the industry. Twenty-four participants from timber preservation plants, academia, preservative suppliers, and the government attended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The workshop format was slightly different in that participants were allocated to teams of five or six people, so each team had a representative from an interest group. Each topic was discussed for 30 minutes, followed by a \u2018report back\u2019 to the workshop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The workshop aimed to identify and define issues associated with each topic, identify (or predict) their impacts, and develop a way forward to address (not necessarily solve) the identified challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dave Bennetts, Hyne Timber, and Ron Clawson, Kop-Coat.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Craig Kay, Tilling Timber, and John Cannard, Dindas Australia.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Steve Kotch, Arxadia, and Pau Oliver, Koppers Preservative Chemicals.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

All participants actively engaged in discussions, and the event was a success. Copious notes were taken, and once collated, the TPAA secretariat will report back to participants for confirmation. Once confirmed, a report will be submitted to the TPAA board for further action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Discussions covered quality-linked activities in the treatment plant, a consideration of third-party auditing of preserved wood quality, the feasibility\/desirability of sampling in the marketplace and ways to address under or over-treatment in the preservation plant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The discussion on standards compared national standards’ role to industry standards and Codemark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The discussions on waste were actively embraced. A strong message from the workshop was the desirability of approaching preserved wood offcuts from manufacturers and products coming out of service as a resource rather than a waste. Production wastes such as plastic wrapping and strapping were also considered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Several participants identified the testing topic as the most interesting and worth following up on. Alternate test methodology and compliance criteria were explored during discussions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Risks to the industry were identified, including poor public perception of preserved wood, premature failure, dwindling resources in the hardwood industry, and a lack of monitoring of preserved wood quality of imported products<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Follow-up is vital for the workshop to be completely successful and TPAA will make every effort to ensure this happens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Timber Preservers Association of Australia held a successful workshop in Brisbane on August 30. The gathering at the Eco-Science Precinct at Dutton Park discussed preserved wood quality, managing wastes, standards, testing and risks to the industry. Twenty-four participants from timber preservation plants, academia, preservative suppliers, and the government attended. The workshop format was slightly different in that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":209,"featured_media":10398,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[50,46,115,54],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[151],"class_list":{"0":"post-10395","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-australia","8":"category-industry","9":"category-preservation","10":"category-queensland"},"authors":[{"term_id":151,"user_id":209,"is_guest":0,"slug":"jack-norton","display_name":"Jack Norton","avatar_url":{"url":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/R.jpg","url2x":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/R.jpg"},"0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/209"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10395"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21470,"href":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10395\/revisions\/21470"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10395"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=10395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}