Fire design guide
A new guide for professionals and specifiers looks at how to design timber buildings for fire safety, including Building Code requirements.
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By Jeff Parker – 1 April 2019, Build 171, Feature article
A new guide for professionals and specifiers looks at how to design timber buildings for fire safety, including Building Code requirements.
By Eddie Bruce – 1 December 2003, Build 79
When preservative-treated timber is cut, shaped, planed or drilled, the newly revealed timber may not be protected by preservative and end grain may be exposed. Additional treatment may be needed to protect the cut ends.
By Angela Liu, David Carradine – 1 August 2020, Build 179, Feature article
BRANZ is developing guidance that will support designers to incorporate a range of hybrid solutions in light timber-framed buildings, supporting the growing popularity of low-rise and mid-rise housing.
By David Carradine – 1 April 2022, Build 189, Feature article
A timber design standard available later this year will provide new options for designers and engineers to take advantage of the exciting innovations in engineered wood.
By Nigel Isaacs – 1 October 2012, Build 132
Prone to earthquakes and with abundant native timber, New Zealand was quick to adopt timber as a building cladding. It could even replicate stone with design elements such as quoins.