The WoodSolutions seminar will deliver a hands-on learning experience, which will provide participants with an understanding of the recent National Construction Code (NCC) changes.
The changes create deemed-to-satisfy solutions to build massive timber and timber framed Class 2 (apartments), Class 3 (hotels) and Class 5 (office) buildings up to an effective height of 25m resulting in cost effective and environmentally friendlier mid-rise buildings.
The seminar will have two components, each of them providing hands-on advice on how to build and design using timber: Mid-rise Timber Buildings Technical Guide and WoodSolutions tutorial.
Mid-rise Timber Buildings Technical Guide
The provisions address both traditional ‘timber-frame’ and new ‘massive timber’ systems such as cross laminated timber (CLT) with the use of appropriate layers of fire-resistant plasterboard (i.e. fire-protected timber) and the use of NCC compliant fire sprinkler systems.
The presentations will be delivered by Boris Iskra, National Codes and Standard Manager at Forest and Wood Products Australia and Paul England, Director for EFT Consulting.
WoodSolutions tutorial
During the second half of the day, Fred Moshiri, Structural Engineer at Timber Development Association of New South Wales (TDA), will deliver a hands on tutorial on durability design methods for timber constructions.
Audience: building and design professionals
CPD: Certificate of Attendance
Where: NSW Chapter Australian Institute of Architects 'Tusculum' 3 Manning Street Potts Point, NSW 2011
Cost: $52.20 (GST included)