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Pinnacle-SA's De-Stacker Trim Deck
28, Nov 2024Pinnacle-SA’s Tilt Hoist De-Stacker to Trim Deck assembly line is an advanced material handling system that effortlessly converts your stack to singulated boards which are trimmed...
Read MoreSA pine mass timber used to build four story Zanzibar building
27, Nov 2024The superstructure for the four-storey CheiChei Living building, which is Africa's first CLT hybrid structure with more than two levels has been completed and fit-out...
Read MoreEnhance your triangles and oblongs by embracing arches and curves
19, Nov 2024African designers and engineers are reluctant to shift from traditional brick, cement and concrete materials to mass timber; however, a select group of South African innovators are embracing it...
Read MoreRegulations Finalised
24, Oct 2024Draft laws containing errors that posed a threat to the timber treatment industry have now been corrected in a shift that creates more certainty for the future. Industry has been waiting for two...
Read MoreTimber Treatment Plants Require PCO Certicifation
23, Oct 2024We wish to bring our industry’s attention to the need for all timber treatment operations to register as Pest Control Operators (PCOs) and obtain a PCO certificate from the Department of Agriculture...
Read MoreNew plant sets Grant Timber on growth Path
22, Oct 2024South African timber treatment operator Grand Timber (previously Grand Select) was poised for an upswing. They had an increased supply of raw materials, along with an increased demand for their treated timber...
Read MoreTalking Timber webinar - 31 October - The Changing Face of the Built Environment
17, Oct 2024The next Talking Timber webinar will take place on 31 October from 13:00 - 14:30. As always, these webinars centre around promoting the use of timber in the built environment as well as educating...
Read MoreTreated Timber - It's what's inside that counts
16, Oct 2024Poor-quality, structurally unsound timber poles are flooding the market, posing significant risks to the integrity and safety of construction projects and jeopardising jobs in the forestry sector...
Read MoreWoodEX for Africa 2025 - BOOK YOUR SPACE
15, Oct 2024BOOK YOUR SPACE NOW and join us from June 18th to 20th, 2025, as WoodEX for Africa returns to Gallagher in Johannesburg for three exciting days! After the success of WoodEX for Africa 2024...
Read MoreBuilding a dome with extreme mass timber
18, Sep 2024There is a place few dare to tread from a design and a construction perspective, as there are no guidelines. I call this area of timber construction extreme mass timber...
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