Market Access
The Market Access category covers research projects that evaluate national and international market trends to enable industry to develop business and industry development strategies.
These projects develop and improve products matched to market needs, and continue to expand markets for wood products.
Key goals include creating greater value in wood products by developing knowledge and technology to increase timber construction in residential, commercial and industrial buildings; appearance grade timber products and markets; and sustainable wood products.
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Wood recovery and recycling: A source book for Australia
The source book provides a ‘map’ for transforming wood waste into wood resource. It begins by presenting an overview of wood waste, including the definition of wood waste, types of wood waste ... Read More -
Construction techniques and building material decisions of Australia's largest home builders - Summary
This report examines construction techniques and the building materials purchasing decisions made by Australia’s largest volume builders. The HIA surveyed the top 20 Australian residential vol... Read More -
Impact of carbon trading on wood products
This report explores the potential impact of carbon trading on wood products and key competitors.Under a scheme design where all emitters are required to pay the full cost of their greenhouse ... Read More -
Australian market requirements for western red cedar and Douglas fir
Since the mid 1800s, Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) and later, western red cedar (Thuja plicata) were imported into Australia from North America. New Zealand grown Douglas fir began to ar... Read More -
Guide to the specification, installation and use of preservative treated engineered wood products
This user-friendly guide provides information on best practices for the selection, preservative treatment, design, installation and finishing of Engineered Wood Products (EWP) to ensure produc... Read More -
Strategy for Large Span Second Storey Timber and Wood Products
Most domestic housing is built using timber framing; however, sometimes long open spaces within the house have required steel roof beams for specialised structural support. Unfortunately erect... Read More -
Improving timber cladding for builders and designers
This project collected information about preferred features of timber cladding systems, and prototyped a timber cladding system. The literature review and industry survey served to generate id... Read More -
Comparative service life assessment of window systems
Two major trends are significant for the Australian windows market: the growth in competition from imported manufactured (mainly PVC) windows and the growing concern for environmental issues. ... Read More -
Maximising impact sound resistance of timber framed floor/ ceiling systems Volume 1
This project further developed existing Australasian and overseas research to produce floor/ceiling systems for floors having acoustic properties which are comparable with concrete floor const... Read More -
The role of graduates and their education for the Australian wood processing sector - results from a forest industry survey
This project surveyed industry about future needs for graduates in the wood products industries in Australia. It suggests a serious unmet need for an industry-focused undergraduate degree in w... Read More
