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• What is...

  Air-dried timber

  Timber that is dried by exposure to air in a yard or shed, without artificial heat (also see seasoning).

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• Exterior Timber, Decking and Cladding

  View Exterior Timber, Decking and Cladding FAQs from the timber industry. Species selection, fixings, finishes, maintenance and more.

• Compression members - worked example

  A worked example of the compression capacity of a timber truss supporting a roof.

• Durability - protection

  Information on how to protect timber and increase durability.

• Forestry, wood processing & certification

  Certification, chain of custody and more

• Fire Safety Engineering - Video Presentation by David Barber

  Internationally and locally, timber and wood products are increasingly specified for major construction projects as a fire safe building material. Integrating design principles and fire engineering can ensure the required performance and compliance with relevant building codes.

• Glulam presentation

  This overview presentation takes a look at some of the applications glulam can be used for.

• Machine proof-grading

  Proof-grading begins with the preliminary sorting of ungraded timber being produced by the mill. Machine proof-grading then will further test every piece of sorted timber by the application of a predetermined bending load, known as the proof load.

• Grading and quality control

  An overview of timber grading and quality control.

• Environmental benefits of growing and harvesting timber

  A simple overview of some of the environmental benefits growing and harvesting timber provides.

• Seasoning

  An overview of the process used for seasoning timber.