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PCO Registration process well underway
20, Feb 2025The process of applying for Pest Control Operator (PCO) certification is well under way in the timber treatment industry, with help from the South African Wood Preservers Association (SAWPA)...
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Wood-Mizer Africa Regional Director Structure Change
08, Feb 2025As part of Wood-Mizer's continued growth into the future, Bruce Husi, Wood-Mizer Africa's current Regional Director for Africa, has been presented with an exciting opportunity to transition internally...
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REGISTRATION IS OPEN - WoodEX for Africa 2025
06, Feb 2025REGISTRATION IS OPEN - Register now for FREE entry and join us from June 18th to 20th, 2025, as WoodEX for Africa returns to Gallagher Convention Centre in Johannesburg for three productive days...
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Talking Timber webinar - Timber Frame Construction, Standards and Codes
01, Feb 2025This webinar session will explore the evolving relevance and regulatory landscape of timber frame construction in South Africa. The first presentation, "Timber Frame Construction – Still Relevant in...
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Educational mass timber dome in Green Point Park opens to celebrate Khoisan culture
19, Dec 2024Cape Town’s first three-dimensional mass timber dome was officially opened to the public in Green Point Urban Park on Wednesday 20 November. This unique structure, known as the Khoi Dome...
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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...
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SA 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...
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Enhance 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...
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Regulations 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...
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Timber 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...
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