A comprehensibe resource, comprising Powerpoint presentations, videos and asessment questions, that provides lecturers with course materials or that can be give to students for self-paced learning.
This resource includes studies of 18 exemplary Australian timber buildings, representing the work of some of the country’s leading architects and engineers.
The revised version of AS1720.1 was released in July 2010. These resources have been updated to refer to AS1720.1 (2010). They are not suitable for use with the 1997 version of the Standard.
Engineered wood products are able to span larger distances than sawn timber, act as sheets, have consistent properties and performance and can be tailored for specific applications.
AS 1684 is a four-part Australian Standard covering design criteria, building practices, tie-downs, bracing and span tables for timber framing members.
This section of the course looks at the way timber is used in buildings. It recognises that there are many different expectations for the way materials need to perform in order to give satisfaction.
This introduction to timber covers a variety of topics and is suitable for inclusion in civil engineering, architecture, building design and building courses at university level, and courses in building and construction at trade level.
