QDAF Reports

The federal government through its ACIAR forestry program has agreed to support a research project that includes trials designed to determine if full size poles can be dried to an appropriate moisture content with minimal degrade to ensure effective preservation and provide an acceptable pole in accordance with proposed standards. These research activities will be undertaken as the Australian component of ACIAR Project FST/2014/066 Improving returns from community teak plantings in Solomon Islands, which has related objectives for pre-drying plantation teak billets.

This report marks the beginning of the project work and aims to review current, up to date literature on the methods and techniques currently used worldwide to dry and treat softwood poles. The objective of the review is to provide recommendations and to develop research methods for future drying and treatment trials within the project using Queensland plantation softwood resource.

This report marks the beginning of the project trial research work and aims to test three different drying regimes to observe dried quality and potential decay onset. The research reported here is considered small-scale in that a sub-sample of short logs were used.

This report fulfils the Milestone 3 output of the Queensland Government Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Collaborative Subcontractor Agreement with Griffith University. This report provides information on the installation of small scale drying and preservation research trials at SRF, which are currently underway. A final report of the trials will be provided at a later date.

This report follows on from the project trial research work and aims to investigate the integrity of air drying Southern Pine logs, dried in hot dry climates, for preservation treatment. The research reported here is considered large-scale in that a sub-sample of long logs were used.

This report fulfils the Milestone 4 output of the Queensland Government Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Collaborative Subcontractor Agreement with Griffith University. This report provides information on the installation of large scale drying and preservation research trial at the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries Dalby research station, which is currently underway. A final report of the suite of trials will be provided at a later date.