Start/End Date
25 Oct - 15 Nov 2022
Location
ZOOM
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WoodSolutions is proud to sponsor Timber Queensland's online course Understanding AS1684.2: Australian Residential Timber Framed Construction.
Timber Queenland's acclaimed face to face one day AS1684.2 course is now offered as a four-part webinar training program delivered by the timber framing experts who will ensure your interpretation and practice of AS1684.2 meets required standards.
This online training course will take place over 4 sessions via the Zoom webinar platform:
- Tuesday 25 October 10.00 am – 12.00 pm
- Tuesday 1 November 10.00 am – 11.30 am
- Tuesday 8 November 10.00 am – 11.30 am
- Tuesday 15 November 10.00 am – 12.00 pm
WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?
- Gain an understanding of the member span tables and how to correctly read and extract member sizes from the span tables by following worked examples.
- Learn best practice when detailing the bracing layout for houses.
- Understand the connection requirements at both the top and bottom of bracing walls including common mistakes regularly found on building sites.
- Study the critical role tie-down connections play in achieving wind resistant housing. The tie-down chain from roofing to foundations and all the links in this chain will be considered with worked examples followed to consider alternative connection details.
- Evaluate building practices and the challenges that need to be considered when erecting timber frames via examples of acceptable and unacceptable building practice.
- Know what not to do after reviewing a range of inappropriate practices uncovered on site visits and inspections.
- Hear how changes to the National Construction Code will permit Mid-rise Timber Buildings up to 25m effective height.