How Timber Design is Deemed-to-Satisfy in the NCC
Deemed-to-Satisfy Timber design is often confusing due to the convoluted compliance pathway in the National Construction Code. This presentation will address how timber products design can be DTS within the NCC, including sawn timber and engineered wood products. It will also include how modern products like Cross-laminated timber can also fit within this mechanism. The presentation will conclude with a discussion on how to identify NCC-compliant timber products, using laminated veneer lumber as an example.
Learning Outcomes:
Understand the pathway to achieve NCC DTS-compliant timber products.
Understand how to identify NCC-compliant products on the building site.
Speaker: Andrew Dunn, CEO TDA NSW
Andrew has 39 years of experience in the building industry, with the last 33 years within the timber sector and 23 years as CEO of TDA. He has a Civil/Structural Engineering degree from The University of Sydney and a Master of Timber Engineering from Central Queensland University.
He has extensive knowledge of fire (wildfire and building) and sound timber technology and is more recently involved in introducing cross-laminated and mid-rise timber building systems.