The framework is now in place as Hyne Timber Mill’s latest project in Tumbarumba takes shape. Photo: Hyne Timber.
Work is well underway on the largest-scale construction Tumbarumba has seen in years, which has had a flow-on effect in creating more jobs for local contractors.
Anyone passing by the enormous Hyne Timber Mill is now able to see the framework well in place for the company’s new 4700-square-metre storage facility at its Jingellic Road site.
The construction marks the largest new site asset since the mill was purchased and redeveloped in 2001 and is expected to inject more than $5 million into the regional economy.
Albury-based Joss Construction was appointed to undertake the build after development approval was granted earlier in the year, with local trades and suppliers prioritised in accordance with the company’s procurement rules, creating up to 30 additional jobs.
Once complete, the new storage facility, set to open in November, will have the capacity to store 4000 cubic metres of timber known in the timber manufacture process as ”rough sawn, kiln dried” (RSKD) material.
The project has been financed by the Bushfire Local Economic Recovery Fund, the Australian and NSW governments and the Australian Government Forestry Recovery Development Fund.
The Tumbarumba mill has faced a years-long battle to recover from the devastating 2019-2020 Black Summer bushfires, which affected more than 45,000 hectares of local pine plantations.
Faced with sourcing logs from further afield, various upgrades and new technologies were introduced to strengthen mill efficiencies.
Hyne Timber’s national projects and reliability manager Darren Wright said this latest construction project was a critical investment as part of the ongoing bushfire recovery challenges.
“With the reduction in log volume as a direct result of the 2019/20 bushfires, it remains imperative we protect our products from adverse weather exposure in order to extract the maximum value,” he said.
“This storage facility will assist in achieving this.”
Mr Wright said being able to utilise state and federal bushfire recovery funding to help Hyne meet the construction costs had made the critical infrastructure investment possible.
“I would like to thank the Australian, NSW and local governments for all the levels of support this project has received, noting the benefits it will bring to both the site and the increased volumes of higher-grade timber for the construction sector,” he said.
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