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Spruce-Pine-Fir (SPF)
Spruce-Pine-Fir, or SPF, is the generic name for a variety of softwood species, even-grained and yellowish-white in colour, imported from North America and used in housing construction frames.
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Search and view blogs by industry experts on a variety of topics relating to designing and building with timber, from inspirational talks by international architects about their latest projects to facts and figures on timber's sustainability and contribution to carbon reduction.
WoodSolutions News & Blogs
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Feb
07
2012
Visit RIBA award winner on UK Tour
Guest blog by: News Team, WoodSolutions
Windmill Hill, in the heart of the Rothschild Waddesdon Estate, designed by Stephen Marshall Architects, has been recognised for its architectural excellence with the RIBA National Award 2011. You can visit Windmill Hill as part of the WoodSolutions 2012 UK Field Tour.
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Feb
07
2012
Applications for Grad Cert Timber closing soon!
Guest blog by: News Team, WoodSolutions
It's not too late to enrol in the 2012 intake for the University of Tasmania's Graduate Certificate in Timber (Processing & Building). It's a great way to be inspired, learn new skills and build your CV - and it's available online too!
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Jan
25
2012
Structural design with machine graded plywood
Guest blog by: News Team, WoodSolutions
Designers selecting plywood are faced with a potentially confusing situation with different standards listing different stress grades. A recent project aimed to simplify the situation by relating the strength and stiffness properties of current softwood/hardwood plywood resources from both Australian and New Zealand to the existing plywood stress grades.
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Jan
25
2012
Research: timber Class 3 buildings & fire
Guest blog by: News Team, WoodSolutions
This project investigated how fire really affects timber construction and whether the building codes for Class 3 buildings, such as boarding-houses, guest houses, hotels, motels, or aged care facilities, could be modified with safety.
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Jan
17
2012
Timber Concrete Composite (TCC) Floors
Guest blog by: News Team, WoodSolutions
Using timber concrete composite (TCC) floors in multi-storey buildings is a viable, lightweight alternative to other flooring systems that offers potential cost savings and environmental benefits.
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Dec
21
2011
TIMBER+DESIGN Magazine Editor Blogs
Guest blog by: Tony Nielson, Timber + Design International
In this blog, Timber + Design magazine editor Tony Nielson introduces some of the content in the latest issue - 4th Quarter 2011.
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Dec
12
2011
Reducing fire regulatory barriers to the use of wood
Guest blog by: News Team, WoodSolutions
Wood is frequently used in single residential and low rise structures – but why not more in taller buildings? Fire regulations are often the problem – read on to discover more about recent research….
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Dec
09
2011
David Pennisi, architect & Grad Cert Timber student
Guest blog by: News Team, WoodSolutions
We spoke to architect, David Pennisi about why he decided to go back to study - and why wood.
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Nov
24
2011
Snap and Win an IPad2 with Make It Wood
Guest blog by: News Team, WoodSolutions
Enter your favourite photos of wooden objects and win an iPad 2 with Make It Wood
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Nov
22
2011
Discover the UTAS Graduate Certificate in Timber
Guest blog by: Associate Professor Gregory Nolan, Centre for Sustainable Architecture with Wood , School of Architecture & Design University of Tasmania
Associate Professor Gregory Nolan discusses the first year of the course – and some of the thinking behind it.