IntroductionThis Guide explains how to achieve the targeted fire and sound Performance Requirements in the National Construction Code (NCC) for the following mid-rise timber buildings using the Deemed...
IntroductionThe Guide explains how to achieve the targeted fire and sound Performance Requirements in the National Construction Code (NCC) for Class 2 (apartments) and Class 3 (e.g. hotels, motels) mi...
IntroductionDetails of the principles and fire engineering analysis done to support the 2016 changes to the NCC to help you design or determine compliant performance solutionsThis Guide...
IntroductionConsidering robustness early in the design stages can result in a building with enhanced resistance to disproportionate collapse without significant impact on the structure or the time req...
IntroductionWind causes lateral and uplift forces on houses that must be resisted by the appropriately designed and installed tie-downs and bracing detailed in AS 1684.Under normal circumstances, the ...
IntroductionTimber sleepers or round posts and logs can be used to create effective and relatively inexpensive garden edges, steps and walls to terrace sloping sites. Galvanized steel posts can also b...
IntroductionThis guide provides information and options available to comply with the BCA, using timber structural systems for Class 9c buildings. It covers fire and acoustic requirements as well as pr...
IntroductionThe emphasis is on reducing the recurring physical waste and embodied carbon/energy brought about by the ‘fitout-stripout-repeat’ cycle that commonly arises from lease churn over the l...
IntroductionAs CLT panels are available from different suppliers, the study used test panels from various manufacturers. The same CLT panel configuration from multiple suppliers was tested to allow fo...
IntroductionAs wood products become increasingly specified in a wide range of construction projects, understanding the fire properties required by the National Construction Code (NCC) and how wood pro...
