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...
IntroductionAs many design professionals working on commercial scale structures are typically skilled with concrete and steel structures, this guide takes a whole-of-process approach to the selection ...
IntroductionThe selection of appropriately durable timber species and grade is particularly important – not only for the weather-exposed portion of bollards, but also that buried in-ground.The 30+ p...
IntroductionThe publication provides a brief introduction to slip resistance, continuing to discuss the slip resistance suitability of wood with respect to location and use. The authors then describe ...
IntroductionIt is well understood from previous studies that once the floor span exceeds 6 m, serviceability limit state requirements, especially vibration behaviour, rather than strength limit state ...
