SLIDE 1 Timber Buildings
Presented by Ali Habibi
SLIDE 2
- Introduction to engineered timber
- Timber projects around the world
- Timber projects in Australia
- Why timber?
- Types of timber buildings
- Fire
- Challenges
Presentation Outline
SLIDE 3 What is engineered timber?
CLT
Cross Laminated Timber
Glulam
Glued Laminated Timber
LVL
Laminated Veneer Lumber
Plywood NLT
Nail Laminated Timber
SLIDE 4
Sawing trunks into timber
SLIDE 5
SLIDE 6
CLT vs Glulam
SLIDE 7
Producing timber veneer
SLIDE 8
SLIDE 9
Timber projects around the world
Federal Bank/Bozeman, MT-USA Pedestrian Bridge in Bahrain
SLIDE 10
Timber projects around the world Richmond Olympic Oval, Canada
SLIDE 11
Timber projects around the world Zurich Zoo, Switzerland
SLIDE 12
Timber projects around the world Pyramidenkogel, Austria
SLIDE 13
Timber projects around the world
18 Storey 2016 24 Storey 2019
SLIDE 14
Timber Projects around the world: 9 storey-Hackney London (left) School in UK (Right)
SLIDE 15
Timber Projects around the world: Believe in Better Building, West London
SLIDE 16
Timber Projects around the world: Treet, Norway (Tallest Residential builng – 14 storey)
SLIDE 17 Timber Projects around the world:
Brock Commons, UBC, Canada (World tallest timber building-18 storey)
SLIDE 18
Timber Projects around the world
SLIDE 19
Projects in Australia
SLIDE 20 Why timber?
- Benefit of building in timber
- More sustainable
- Lightweight
- Less trades and labourers
- Safer worksite
- Less complex
- Faster
- Marketable
SLIDE 21
Why timber?
More sustainable
SLIDE 22
Why timber?
Less trades and labour = Safer worksite
SLIDE 23
– Low rise residential buildings
- CLT floors and loadbearing
walls
– Low-medium rise residential buildings
– Office buildings
– Tall buildings (>10 stories)
Types of timber buildings
Mass timber
SLIDE 24
– Low rise residential buildings
- CLT floors and loadbearing
walls
– Low-medium rise residential buildings
– Office buildings
– Tall buildings (>10 stories)
Types of timber buildings
SLIDE 25
Light timber framing in Australia The Green (Melbourne)
SLIDE 26
– Low rise residential buildings
- CLT floors and loadbearing
walls
– Low-medium rise residential buildings
– Office buildings
– Tall buildings (>10 stories)
Types of timber buildings
SLIDE 27
CLT floors and walls in Australia Forte (Melbourne)
SLIDE 28
SLIDE 29
CLT floors and walls in Australia Campbelltown affordable housing (Sydney)
SLIDE 30
– Low rise residential buildings
- CLT floors and loadbearing
walls
– Low-medium rise residential buildings
– Office buildings
– Tall buildings (>10 stories)
Types of timber buildings
SLIDE 31
Heavy timber framing in Australia Library at the Dock (Melbourne)
SLIDE 32
Our involvement C2 Building Barangaroo peerreview
SLIDE 33
– Low rise residential buildings
- CLT floors and loadbearing
walls
– Low-medium rise residential buildings
– Office buildings
– Tall buildings (>10 stories)
Types of timber buildings
SLIDE 34
- Option 1 – Deemed-to-Satisfy
– Recent Changes in BCA
- Option 2 – Alternative Solution
Fire
SLIDE 35 Code compliance worldwide
Source: FWPA
SLIDE 36 Code compliance worldwide
Source: FWPA
SLIDE 37
BCA Changes in May 2016
SLIDE 38
BCA Changes in May 2016
SLIDE 39
- Practically all buildings will require
some “alternative” components
- A ‘fire engineered’ solution with input
from the structural engineer
Alternative Solutions
SLIDE 40
Supply chain in Australia / Fire
Austria Austria Distributors/fabricators Italy Italy Australia & NZ
SLIDE 41
Fire and Glulam (Charring Rate)
CLT Wall
SLIDE 42
Fire and CLT (Charring Rate)
CLT Slab CLT Wall
SLIDE 43
Fire in beam with large penetration
SLIDE 44
Fire & Connections
SLIDE 45
Barangaroo International House - peer review
SLIDE 46 Structural Engineers Challenges
- Early involvement on the job
- Higher portion of the work upfront
- Services coordination
- Fire engineers with timber experience
- Fire authorities vs Fire engineers
- Neighbouring property
- Fit-out
- Progressive collapse solution
- Selection of supplier/builder
SLIDE 47