PNGFP offers PNG’s only fully CCA/ACQ pressure treated kitset buildings engineered to the most stringent PNG and Australian building code standards and using sustainable PNG plantation pine. PNGFP has Australian ‘Department of Industry’ Certification & Registration (Plant Number 765 01) for the treatment of CCA/ACQ pressure treated plantation pine to provide durable and protected timber for every type of project.

Sawn and round timber is randomly and rigorously tested in Australia and the Timber Training Institute in Lae to ensure compliance with the relevant Australian and PNG building standards. As a member of the Engineered Wood Products Association of Australasia (EWPAA), PNGFP conforms to the most stringent standards monitored and audited regularly by independent engineers.

Only AS quality roofing, electrical, plumbing and other hardware components are included in PNGFP’s prefabricated buildings to ensure product integrity. Fire rated external cladding, internal linings and floor coverings are used in PNGFP’s prefabricated buildings whilst maintaining good acoustic properties.

The PNGFP project management and quality assurance teams ensure a successful project outcome from pre-design to completion while the designers and engineers create products which are cost effective, userfriendly and serviceable even in the remotest areas.

EWPAA - The Engineered Wood Products Association Of Austraslasia

PNG Forest Products are members of the Engineered Wood Products Association of Australasia and as such applied for and have been granted certification to use EWPAA Plywood Stamps after meeting the requirements of their, JAS-ANZ approved, quality control programme.

The EWPAA Tested mark is a guarantee that the plywood has been quality tested to Australian and New Zealand Standards under the EWPAA National Quality Control Programme.

This programme combines, internally audited, in-mill process quality control and end product testing with independent audits carried out by EWPAA, quality control, trained auditors, every six months. The audit involves inspection of mill quality control procedures on a regular basis and end product testing of samples sent each week to the EWPAA National Quality Control Laboratory. This laboratory is audited by the National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA).

JAS-ANZ Joint Accreditation System Australia & New Zealand

PNG Forest Products manufacture Plywood in accordance with Australian and New Zealand Standards for the manufacture of Plywood which has been adopted by the PNG Government Standards Division.

JAS-ANZ is the peak accreditation body in Australia and New Zealand being formed via a treaty between the two countries. This accreditation adds further credibility to the existing product certification program operated by the EWPAA since 1963.

The EWPAA-JAS-ANZ brand on a plywood or LVL product certifies that the product has been manufactured to the relevant Australia/New Zealand Standard, under a quality control and product certification scheme accredited by this government peak body JAS-ANZ. This product certification scheme ensures:

• Guaranteed compliance to relevant Australian/New Zealand Standard.
• Product acceptance by Building and Lending Authorities.
• Availability of technical data relating to product application in residential and commercial construction.
• Defining physical and mechanical properties.
• Availability of professional advice from qualified PM technical staff.
• Compliance with SAA Codes of Practice, AS 1684 Timber Framing Code, AS 1720 Timber Engineering Code.
• Readily available due to local production.