Through the ages, adhesives have been vital in the timber industry, from finger-jointing in the drymill to furniture manufacturing and laminated structural timber beams. The German specialist adhesives manufacturer Kleiberit’s adhesive systems span many applications,…
In the era of heightened concern for sustainability and conserving our planet’s resources, timber stands out as one of the few renewable construction materials, possessing the unique ability to store carbon and return to nature…
Rothoblaas is the Italian manufacturer of standard and proprietary tools and connectors for timber and hybrid structures. Joy Crane discussed mass timber construction with Rothoblaas’ South African branch manager, Mark O’Connor. He believes it’s only…
Architecture and engineering postgrads and professionals are increasingly questioning their roles in designing and creating environmentally friendly “green” built environments rather than brick, cement and steel construction. They are considering the carbon lifecycles of their…
Dr Schalk Grobbelaar at Pretoria University suggests applying systems thinking to develop integrated and optimised housing solutions. This is different from traditional housing design that plugs various solutions into a shell without integrating them into…
“If it weren’t for the commercial planting of trees from the early 1900s, the country’s indigenous forests would have been eliminated many years ago for our fuel, furniture and fibre needs”, asserts Roy Southey, CEO…
The University of Pretoria’s Engineering 4.0 Campus was an appropriate setting for South Africa’s first timber colloquium, which featured 16 reports by wood and structural timber researchers and scientists from three academic institutions in South…
Mass Timber Technologies (MTT), an engineered mass timber prefabrication company is producing over 250m3 of mass timber per month and has recently completed manufacturing a four-storey building. MTT plans to increase its output to over…
