Lesser used wood design contest on

The Forest Products Development and Marketing Council is hosting its first wood products and development design competition aimed at promoting the use of lesser used species of timber.

The competition is open to stakeholders in the timber industry particularly wood working departments, technical/vocational and secondary schools. Entry forms must be submitted by October 11 and the competition will be judged in the first week of November, the Council said in a press release.

The competition should be viewed as “a real-life problem solving exercise where participants are