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  A suburban oasis uses a calming palette of warm natural timbers

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• General Resources

  • Combined actions - worked example
  • Tutorial: Wood and Sustainable Building
  • Modification factors

• Why Wood Articles

  • Innovative products
  • Strength performance
  • Fire performance

• What is...

  Botanical name

  A botanical name is the formal scientific name conforming to the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (ICBN) and, if it concerns a plant cultigen, the additional cultivar and/or group epithets must conform to the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants. The botanical names of Australian and imported species of timber and their relationship to trade names are defined in AS 2543 Nomenclature of Australian Timbers and AS 1148 Nomenclature of Commercial Timbers Imported into Australia.

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• 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.

• Glulam presentation

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

• 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.

• Olympic Exhibition Centre - Sydney

  An architectural review of the Olympic Exhibition Centre, constructed for the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.

• Suber Residence - Tasmania

  An architectural review of Suber Residence in south-eastern Tasmania.

• Tension members - worked example

  A worked example on the tensile capacity of a timber member.

• Large span structures

  Information on large span timber structures including roof and portal frame systems.