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CONFERENCE OPENING
Chairman – Kevin Ezard, Conference Director, Frame Australia
Opening presentation: SUSTAINABILITY & THE CARBON CRUNCH – What is an emissions trading system (ETS) and how will the Government’s plan for carbon reduction affect your business? And while we‘re always hearing about the costs and threats of ETS or carbon tax, what will be the opportunities? Peter Switzer will make the Carbon Crunch easy to understand and show you what business opportunities the brave new green world might bring.
Peter Switzer, host of TV show ‘Switzer’ on SKY News Business Channel,
Founder and Director, The Switzer Group
Morning break
INNOVATIVE DEVELOPMENTS
Chairman – Stephen Fray, Group Managing Director Asia Pacific & Africa, MiTek Australia
Keynote: NEW SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY – Within the next few years, substantial developments in software will emerge heralding a change in the relationship between builder and fabricator in the residential housing sector. New software solutions will revolutionize the residential supply-chain and propel the industry forward with improvements, from enhanced 3D functionality to even closer client collaboration.
Terrence Nicholson, Senior Vice President,
Global Software and Technology, MiTek, Inc. (USA)
Keynote: HOW MANY STARS? – We now have various statutory obligations for our houses to achieve a minimum thermal performance. So how does thermal performance relate to ‘stars’? How many stars will we ultimately need and how will various industries contribute to providing them? Harmony9 is a prototype 9-star rated house constructed by Mirvac at Waverley Park that has tested these questions with some interesting implications for the timber framing industry.
John Eckert, National Housing Director, Mirvac Design
Lunch break
SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS
Chairman – Brian Welch, Executive Director, Master Builders Association of Victoria
Forest certification and the supply chain – emerging needs for Chain of Custody implementation in the complete supply chain and basic responsibilities for suppliers to meet market-driven specifications. Where does certification fit into lawful logging identification for potential government requirements, and an outline of forestry certification AFSC and FSC developments impacting on timber usage.
Kayt Watts, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Forestry Standard / PEFC Australia
Building products assessment – BPIC represents a number of building and construction materials in the development of methodologies to determine the environmental impacts of these materials, using scientifically driven, objective and transparent assessments to be based on Life Cycle Inventory (LCI), and adoption of agreed practices and procedures for Life Cycle Analysis (LCA). This will influence future selection of materials in sustainable buildings, and become the basis for environmental tools and eco-labelling.
Glenn Simpkin, Chairman – Building Products Innovation Council (BPIC)
PANEL: Timber and carbon in dwellings – managing the balance between regulations and market drivers influencing developers and builders of Zero Carbon and Carbon Neutral dwellings, and the role for wood products in achieving their goals. Current initiatives in assessment and construction of low emission housing and opportunities for more sustainable designs using timber and wood products as a low carbon alternative to other building materials.
Glenn Simpkin, Chairman – Building Products Innovation Council (BPIC)
Mark Allan, Sustainability Director, Mirvac
Michael Ambrose, Building Environmental Scientist, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems
Adam Selvay, Energy Sustainability & Innovation Specialist, Henley Properties Group
Andrew Dunn, CEO, Timber Development Association
Afternoon break
TIMBER MARKETS
Chairman – Ron Adams, Chairman, Forest & Wood Products Australia
Keynote: TOWARDS A GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE WOOD PRODUCTS INDUSTRY – For many years the wood products industry has focused on riding the housing cycles, which has stifled the development of an attractive and vibrant forest products sector. The sector needs a vision to see the value in capital reinvestment, skills development, attracting and retaining talent, marketing and promotions of wood products, sustainable wood based developments and ultimately the development of a globally competitive wood products industry.
Jim Snelson, Chief Executive, Carter Holt Harvey Woodproducts Australia
Growing the market for wood-based products - FWPA, as the industry services company is helping to grow the market for timber and wood-based products through investment in R&D, generic promotion and the coordination of timber standards. The Wood Naturally Better activities are currently promoting the carbon storage message to consumers and specifiers, with expanding use of the WNB brand program supported by the wood products industry nationally.
Ric Sinclair, Managing Director, Forest & Wood Products Australia
Day conclusion
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TIMBER STANDARDS & CODES
Chairman – David Marlay, General Manager Corporate Marketing, Hyne Timber
Timber Standards review – a review of all current and future Australian Standards for timber and wood products has been completed, which included looking at all possible alternatives such as the Building Code, international standards, NZ standards, and industry codes and standards. The key objectives in developing the recommendations were that the solution had to be cost effective and deliver a timely outcome for industry to meet its future needs. A summary of findings and key outcomes of this work will be presented.
Neil Evans, National Manager Codes & Standards, Forest & Wood Products Australia
Revisions to key Standards – Overview of recent revisions to key Australian Standards governing the application of timber framing in roof truss design and manufacturing, including AS1684 and AS1720 revisions with updated performance values, the new Australian Standard for Roof Truss Design and its timing for inclusion in the Building Code of Australia, and extensive new regulations introduced in South Australia for roof truss manufacturing and their potential for implementation in other states.
Graham Cooper, Group Manager Technical Development, Pryda Australia
Impact of bushfire Codes – Following the Victorian Black Saturday bushfires in 2009 and the subsequent Royal Commission, there have been changes to the bushfire standard AS 3959. Previously, timber as a combustible product couldn’t be used in the higher risk categories of construction, but the latest version of AS 3959 adopts a more scientific approach and whilst still being more stringent as the risk increases; there is now a focus on testing materials and systems, particularly in the highest categories of risk.
Mike Harding, National Manager Building Codes & Standards, Housing Industry Association
Morning break
PLANT MANAGEMENT
Chairman - Maurie Anglin, General Manager, Pryda Group
Understanding plant performance – The forerunner to achieving improvements in fabrication plant efficiency is to have a better understanding of current manufacturing performance levels by exploring five basic questions - Is the data delivered to production adequate? How is the data presented? How do you capture performance feedback? What tools can be used to review the feedback? How do you plan and implement actions?
Ian Currie, Fabricator Systems Manager - ANZ, Pryda Australia
PANEL: Plant cost control – Achieving operating efficiencies and reducing costs in truss and frame plants by measuring improvements to output created by steps such as process simplification, reducing waste production and disposal, optimising of transport loading and delivery, and other factors that will contribute to improved plant profit.
Ian Currie, Fabricator Systems Manager - ANZ, Pryda Australia
George Prothero, Managing Director, Alpine Truss
Barrie O’Shea, Director, Ostruss
Peter Wines, Director, Wines Roof Truss & Wall Frame
PANEL: Work Health & Safety – New work health and safety laws will create National OHS regulations to rationalise current state requirements and increase personal penalties for management, generating higher OHS awareness in truss plants and on building sites. Also the requirements for improved work conditions to attract young labour with major reductions in manual handling; and considerations for building site deliveries and erection teams.
Tracey Brown, Manager National OHS Policy & Membership Services, Australian Industry Group
Andrew Kidd, OHS Manager, Dahlsens Building Centres
Doug Eaton, Director, Eaton Building Materials
Paul Rawlings, Consultancy Services Engineer – Australasia, Pilz Safe Automation
Tim Rossiter, Chief Engineer NSW, MiTek Australia
Lunch break
PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY
Management of Productivity Improvement - This presentation will cover a brief history and scope of Continuous Improvement (Kaizen) since it's inception in the early 1950s. Although we all strive to improve our manufacturing, it is often difficult to keep these efforts going for the long term. This presentation will provide a simple framework focussed on pressing as your bottleneck, to establish an easily managed, enduring, and continuous improvement program.
Andrew Bricknell, Manager – Manufacturing, MiTek Australia
PANEL: Estimating and detailing – Recent developments in estimator and detailer training through qualification and competency standards will assist in overcoming the current skills shortage, but the continuing lack of skilled resources in Australia has also led to increased offshore estimating services for truss plants, which are providing greater quotation capacity for fabricators at lower cost – but with less plant estimators where will future detailers come from?
Michael Hartman, CEO, ForestWorks
Andrew Carr, General Director, Truss-Rite International Vietnam
Tawich Chatwiriyawong, Manager, Estim8 Thailand
Conference conclusion
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