Construction of Tasmania's first timber high-rise building capturing industry attention | ABC News

A multi-storey construction is turning heads in Launceston’s CBD — the building is made almost entirely from timber. The 28-metre-high structure is going up fast, in fact, a lot faster than ones made from traditional building products like steel and concrete.

It is one of only a handful of engineered mass timber buildings under construction across Australia.

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