South 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...

The 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...

Poor-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...

BOOK 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...

There 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...

Africa has emerged as a significant timber-growing market, with the FAO estimating that demand for sawn wood will grow 49% over the next three decades. Uganda's population is expected to double to over 80 million...

Biophilia is the instinctual attraction that you feel towards natural materials, the way the texture of wood under your fingertips or the rich grain patterns in a piece of timber bring warmth and comfort...

Dolphin Bay was delighted to install South Africa’s first preassembled wood treatment plant for our new customer, Brondal Treated Timbers, this month. Brondal, in the Nelspruit area of Mpumalanga...

The delicate balance of investing today to save in the long term certainly holds true for the forward-thinking management of the Timbadola Sawmill, Bell Equipment reports on its website...

As climate change drives temperature increases and lower precipitation in southern Africa, research has found that there is likely to be an increase in the number of wildfires in regions that are already...