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Timber Design Awards 2012

  • 22.05.12

Cutting edge, innovative, purposeful, aesthetic, homely, dramatic, in proportion, spacious, functional, sophisticated , reassuring, dynamic, excellent, sustainable, ingenious, light, restful ….

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The Management Team

  • 07.05.12

NZ Wood's Management Team is made up of representatives from across the forestry and wood industry that form the Wood Council of New Zealand Woodco. The management team oversee all aspects of the management of the NZ Wood programme.

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Seismic Design Theory

  • 30.04.12

This section contains information on Earthquake Design Forces, design combinations and Capacity Design.

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Seismic Design procedure

  • 30.04.12

This section contains information on the design procedure for lateral forces.

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Lessons learnt from Kobe

  • 30.04.12

Brian Langham from NZ Wood visited the Japanese city of Kobe six months after its devastating 6.8 magnitude earthquake in 1995. His report on the lessons learned from the earthquake and its implications for New Zealand (a version of which was published at the time in the Dominion newspaper) is reproduced here in the light of its parallels with the recent Christchurch earthquake.

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Lateral force resisting systems

  • 30.04.12

Systems exsist to resist the lateral forces of earthquakes and wind. The information in this section explains these systems and where they are utilised.

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Ductility

  • 30.04.12

The ductility of the lateral force resisting system affects the level of earthquake design forces.

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Screws

  • 30.04.12

A screw is a cylindrical fastener that often tapers to a point at one end and has a helical ridge or thread formed on it that wraps around the shaft. The head at the other end is shaped so it can be rotated by some means. In timber construction, the screw thread forms a thread in the timber as it is driven in. Timber screws often have a cutting tip that forms a hole in the timber, negating the need to pre-drill a hole.

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Other Structural Connectors

  • 30.04.12

Rivets, pins and dowels tend to be used in countries other than New Zealand. Guidance for their use is not specifically covered by New Zealand building standards, suppliers should, however, be able to provide this information. Split-ring connectors to improve bolt loads tend to no longer be used in New Zealand. Ply and nailed steel gussets are used extensively in New Zealand and detail on their design and use is covered here.

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