The WoodSolutions seminar will deliver a practical 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 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.
With mid-rise timber construction design, fire and sound are two of the major considerations: appropriate fire-resisting construction is critical to providing acceptable levels of fire safety, whilst sound or acoustic performance is essential because of its daily impact on inhabitant amenity and quality of life.
Where: Unit 11C, Homemaker Centre, 42 Strickland Street
When: 7 July, 3.00pm – 5.00pm
Register: wa_training@hia.com.au
Contact: 1300 650 620
Limited seats are available
About the presenter – Greg Meachem
Greg Meachem is the Technical Manager at Timber Insight Pty Ltd and is closely involved in the development of timber-framed housing and multi-residential constructions in Western Australia. His career spans more than 40 years in Western Australia, focused on timber utilisation in construction and timber product manufacturing standards and specification. Greg has qualifications in building, timber technology, quality assurance and training.
His knowledge of timber in construction has seen him serve on Standards Australia technical committees, instruct builder construction teams on the timber framing code and conduct numerous seminars on timber framed constructions.