Description
Assisted Living and Portal Frame timber structures are often forgotten solutions in the construction sector. This presentation is based on two Wood Solutions Guides No 28: Rethinking Assisted Living Construction and No 29 Rethinking Industrial Shed Construction that were revised in early 2020, with updated costings.
Industrial sheds are an opportunity for timber when the fundamentals of what drives cost in mass timber construction are understood. The presentation will focus on comparing different forms of timber construction against a standard steel frame. One solution is substantially cheaper, and the reason for this will be explained.
The other building system, low-rise assisted living Class 9c buildings are a unique building within the NCC. This building form has specific fire resistance construction requirements that set it apart from other building typoes. Some of these specific fire–resistance requirement will be explained. Other all a comparison between lightweight steel and timber-framed building will be made, resulting in again a unique opportunity for timber solutions to shine through
The webinar will complete with a short presentation on the reasons behind the current wood shortage and strategies to minimise this effect.
Speaker
Andrew Dunn, CEO, Timber Development Association
Andrew has 35 years of experience in the building industry, with the last 31 years within the timber sector and 21 years as CEO of TDA.
Educated as a Civil/Structural Engineering from the University of Sydney, he also has a Masters of Timber Engineering from Central Queensland University.
Andrew’s work within the timber industry has been at the market end of the timber industry’s supply. He has focussed on the needs of the construction sector and matching the capacity or ability of the timber industry to meet these needs. He has extensive knowledge in fire and sound timber technology as well as more recently involved in the introduction of cross-laminated timber and mid-rise timber-framed building systems to Australia.
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