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Forest Safety Innovators Go Digital - June Webinars Planned
Wednesday, 6 May 2020, 6:21 pm | Forest Industry Engineering Association
The Forest Industry Engineering Association announced today its biennial forest safety conference will be going ahead in June – in digital form. It's online now at https://forestsafety.events/#Program “While lockdown conditions have forced ... More >>
Workplace safety gets top billing in forest workplaces
Tuesday, 10 July 2018, 2:46 pm | Forest Industry Engineering Association
In August a major national forest safety conference – Forest Safety & Technology 2018 – will show how well forest workers have embraced new techniques for integrated workplace safety. ( https://forestsafety.events ) More >>
Safety conference showcased forest floor successes
Thursday, 5 July 2018, 1:44 pm | Forest Industry Engineering Association
A national forest safety conference in August will bring the latest practical solutions to the table for all contractors and forest managers to hear about and learn from. Following the challenges that this industry faced in 2013, it has responded with ... More >>
Housing Supply – Panelisation provides paradigm shift
Wednesday, 13 September 2017, 10:43 am | Forest Industry Engineering Association
Wood panel factories, not on-site workers, is the only way to solve the housing supply crisis, says a Rotorua engineer who is organising a national wood technology conference later this month More >>
Early adopters gaining commercial timber advantages
Thursday, 7 September 2017, 3:04 pm | Forest Industry Engineering Association
Now that two key players in the commercial building industry have caught on to the advantages of timber and off-site construction, the secret is out – the early adopters are already gaining the advantages inherent in building commercially with engineered ... More >>
Tall timber stacks up in commercial terms
Tuesday, 15 August 2017, 9:50 am | Forest Industry Engineering Association
Last week, well-known property investor Sir Bob Jones announced his company’s plan to build a tall timber building in Wellington. Jones has done his homework on the advantages of wood for large commercial buildings. Australian and Canadian developers ... More >>
Award-winning speakers for commercial building conference
Monday, 7 August 2017, 4:50 pm | Forest Industry Engineering Association
A national engineered wood design conference running in September in Rotorua features a strong line up of international building specialists. Adam Strong of Strongbuild Commercial in Sydney, Australia is one of the keynote speakers. His company just ... More >>
Labour constraints eased with wood for commercial building
Tuesday, 25 July 2017, 11:19 am | Forest Industry Engineering Association
Labour shortages are limiting growth in both commercial building, with the recent profit downgrades at Fletcher Challenge highlighting the depth of the problems. However, commercial wood solutions already being implemented by industry leaders in Australia, ... More >>
Increasing lumber exports leads to new technology investment
Monday, 24 July 2017, 3:00 pm | Forest Industry Engineering Association
Signs are good right now for the country’s wood processing industry. A report from Wood Resources International last week said that although over 50% of the wood harvest in New Zealand is being exported as logs, lumber production had picked up by about ... More >>
NZ’s largest logging industry event planned for June
Wednesday, 26 April 2017, 4:21 pm | Forest Industry Engineering Association
The New Zealand forestry industry set a new record last year for the annual forest harvest. There is no denying the fact that the sector is on a high right now. On the back of booming log exports to China, low shipping rates and strong domestic ... More >>
New keynote speakers strengthen conference
Wednesday, 1 February 2017, 2:28 pm | Forest Industry Engineering Association
Loggers and forest managers have been quick to capitalise on the latest Forest Industry Safety Summit set to run next month in Rotorua. Registrations have exceeded expectations and the gathering is set to be the second largest forest safety conference ever held ... More >>
Technology key to forest safety advances
Friday, 20 January 2017, 11:17 am | Forest Industry Engineering Association
“Technology is vital in many new safety improvements in the forest industry – and the upcoming Forest Safety Summit will be showcasing them and the people who established them,” says Forest Industry Engineering Association event manager, ... More >>
Forest safety leaders look to culture and technology solutio
Friday, 11 November 2016, 10:24 am | Forest Industry Engineering Association
A wide range of forest safety experts are making positive change in New Zealand’s forestry workplace, using peoples’ minds to bring safety culture change to their work situations and combining that with technology to make their job safer. More >>
Making forestry safer and more productive
Wednesday, 2 November 2016, 3:54 pm | Forest Industry Engineering Association
Industry safety champions in both New Zealand and Australia have come forward to show their safety leadership by becoming Principal Partners to the 3rd FIEA Forest Industry Safety Summit. This conference series sold out in 2013 and 2015, and is ... More >>
Transport technologies changing the wood supply chain
Friday, 9 September 2016, 1:42 pm | Forest Industry Engineering Association
Wood transport and logistics within the forest industry is going through a major shakeup. Smart technology such as robotics, automation, cloud computing, big data analytics and improved connectivity within the supply chain is reshaping how leading ... More >>
Robotics and automation changing the wood supply chain
Tuesday, 30 August 2016, 3:26 pm | Forest Industry Engineering Association
Logistics within the forest industry is going through a major shakeup. Smart technology - robotics, automation, cloud computing, big data analytics and improved connectivity within the supply chain is reshaping how leading companies are adapting to and operating ... More >>
Forest innovators attract international audience
Tuesday, 23 June 2015, 2:27 pm | Forest Industry Engineering Association
This week in Rotorua the Forest Industry Engineering Association (FIEA) is hosting the largest ever gathering of international forest contractors, forest managers as well as machinery and service suppliers to the industry. The HarvestTECH 2105 international ... More >>
Forest safety paradigm shift from international experts
Wednesday, 25 February 2015, 9:12 am | Forest Industry Engineering Association
After a horror year of workplace fatalities in 2013, New Zealand’s forest industry performed superbly in 2014, both in terms of safety and wood production. The credit for the dramatic turnaround in safety performance has to go to the people on the ... More >>
International experts bring change
Wednesday, 28 January 2015, 12:05 pm | Forest Industry Engineering Association
After a horror year for fatalities in 2013, New Zealand’s forest industry performed superbly in 2014, both in terms of safety and wood production. Credit has to go to the people on the forest floor who had a chance to get their voice heard through ... More >>
Forest safety brain trainer for Tree fallers
Wednesday, 10 December 2014, 3:18 pm | Forest Industry Engineering Association
Forest safety brain trainer for Tree fallers - Switchback’s Steven Falk joins International Safety Conference More >>
