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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

  • Feb

    07

    2012

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    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.

  • Feb

    07

    2012

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    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!

  • Jan

    25

    2012

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    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.

  • Jan

    25

    2012

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    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.

  • Jan

    17

    2012

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    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.

  • Dec

    21

    2011

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    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.

  • Dec

    12

    2011

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    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….

  • Dec

    09

    2011

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    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.

  • Nov

    24

    2011

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    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

  • Nov

    22

    2011

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    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.

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