WoodSolutions Proudly Sponsors - AIBS NSW/ACT Chapter Conference
23 - 24 Oct 2023
International Convention Centre Sydney
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Embark on an Inspiring Journey of Timber Innovation: The WoodSolutions Study Tour in Norway and Sweden
Joining a select group of architects, engineers, developers, and building professionals, Forest & Wood Products Australia (FWPA) Statistics and Economics Manager Kevin Peachey recently embarked on the WoodSolutions Study Tour to Sweden and Norway.
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Resilient Timber Homes Competition at a Turning Point and Anticipating Remarkable Outcomes
The WoodSolutions Resilient Timber Homes Program is progressing well, with the design competition nearing completion.
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Timber Titans Unite: Global Advancements and Australian Pioneers Shine at WCTE in Oslo, Setting the Stage for an Epic WCTE2025 in Brisbane
The world's timber engineering leaders recently convened in Oslo for the bi-annual World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE), and the Australian presence was stronger than ever, with forty-three attendees out of 850.
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Timber Engineers Take on 123km Run for Multiple Sclerosis Research
In a remarkable display of determination, two of Australia's most esteemed timber engineering educators, Lisa Ottenhaus and Jon Shanks, are gearing up for an extraordinary challenge this September.
WoodSolutions Seminar: Innovations in Engineered Wood Construction
The interest in engineered wood construction continues to take the world by storm, and Australia punches well above its weight in terms of innovation, new product/system development, off-site manufacturing, design creativeness, and the delivery of amazingly beautiful projects.
Timber testing
We suggest you contact the Timber Testing Centre in Queensland. They have a NATA accredited laboratory and you will find their contact details in the Supplier listing on our website via this link https://www.woodsolutions.com.au/suppliers/timber-testing-centre.
Span Tables compared to software
You are right, there is a discrepancy between Table 23 in the MGP10 Supplement and the output from our TimberSolutions software. Theoretically TimberSolutions should produce the same span tables as those contained in the AS 1684 Supplements, but there has apparently been some 'tweaking' of the spans in AS 1684 which are not reflected in TimberSolutions. We are looking into this further. Meanwhile, as the NCC referenced document, AS 1684.2 (and the span table Supplements) take precedence over TimberSolutions which is an industry software package.
Fire Hazard Test Reports
It is unfortunate that Regulatory Information Report 41117.10 includes an extract from BCA 2019. This extract was included to help specifiers, but with the issue of BCA 2022 gives the impression that RIR 41117.10 is out of date, although it does not expire until 31/3/2024. We suggest you disregard the BCA 2019 clauses included in RIR 41117.10 and refer your certifier to the fire hazard data. Clause S7C4 on page 154 of BCA 2022 requires fire hazard data to be assessed as follows:
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