WoodSolutions Timber Talks

It is the physical and social environment that is the number one determinant of our health. As we spend most of our time in doors, the buildings we occupy have more of an impact on our health than our access to medical care or the genes that we’ve got. It is important to acknowledge that the buildings we design have a fundamental impact on our health and well-being. In this episode we speak to Jack Noonan, the Vice President at the WELL Building Institute about:

• How the Well Rating Tool incentivizes designers to improve health outcomes for buildings
• How designers can improve health and well-being for building occupants
• The business case for investing in health

Research commissioned by Forest and Wood Products Australia and conducted by Pollinate looked at how exposed timber surfaces influences wellness at work. If you want to check out the research, head to:

https://www.woodsolutions.com.au/wood-at-work

Prefabrication is allowing us to build to a high quality with very tight construction tolerances, enabling the achievement of passiv-haus design principles. Passivhaus is reducing the operational energy demands contributing to cost and carbon efficiency of our buildings. In this episode we speak with Kate Nason, an Environmental Designer at Atelier Ten about:

• Using prefabrication to achieve passiv-haus design
• How timber can improve operational efficiency for buildings
• Australia’s journey to carbon neutral construction

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The Brock Commons building is an 18 Storey Post and Plate system built in the University of British Columbia Canada. The project was a major leap in timber construction productivity, achieving a floor cycle time of 3 days. Today we are speaking with Karla Fraser, the Project Manager for the project. In this episode we discuss:

• Utilisation of mockups in construction
• How virtual modelling can assist in building productivity
• Designing and building a post and plate system

Building professionals globally are turning to timber as it provides a healthier, environmentally friendly, sustainable, efficiently off-site prefabricated solution that dramatically reduces construction times and accordingly the overall cost of the project.

Check out the WoodSolutions website, the world's biggest website on wood:

www.woodsolutions.com.au

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https://www.woodsolutions.com.au/podcasts/woodsolutions-weekly-webinars-s1

Exposed timber post and beam structures leverage the benefits of biophilic design and wellbeing. From a design point of view there are a number of challenges that need to overcome. Nanyong Technological University Academic South Building is Asia’s last post, beam and CLT project. The 40,000 sq m project will cost $180 million and be completed in 2021. In part 2 of this 2 part series we’re speaking with Gary Caulfield, the project director and David Kingham, the project engineer about:

• Logistics of the project and dealing with COVID-19, using an international supply chain
• The cost curves of mass timber as a material selection going forward
• Managing moisture during construction

Check out the WoodSolutions website, the world's biggest website on wood:

www.woodsolutions.com.au

The WS Technical Design Guide can be found here:

https://www.woodsolutions.com.au/articles/mid-rise-timber-buildings-design-guides

If you’ve got a mid-rise project that you want assistance with, you can get free advice from the WoodSolutions MAP Team. Just email me at [email protected] and we will get back to you.

Exposed timber post and beam structures leverage the benefits of biophilic design and wellbeing. From a design point of view there are a number of challenges that need to overcome. Nanyong Technological University Academic South Building is Asia’s last post, beam and CLT project. The 40,000 sq m project will cost $180 million and be completed in 2021. In part 1 of this 2 part series we’re speaking with Gary Caulfield, the project director and David Kingham, the project engineer about:

• The 80/20 principle applied for the design and construction of timber structures
• Utilising suppliers and contractors early in the project
• Fire testing requirements and IP for approval of the exposed structure

Check out the WoodSolutions website, the world's biggest website on wood:

www.woodsolutions.com.au

The WS Technical Design Guide can be found here:

https://www.woodsolutions.com.au/articles/mid-rise-timber-buildings-design-guides

If you’ve got a mid-rise project that you want assistance with, you can get free advice from the WoodSolutions MAP Team. Just email me at [email protected] and we will get back to you.

Using 3500 cubic meters of cross laminated timber (CLT) and Glulam timber, La Trobe University Student Accommodation provides over 600 new beds and new student amenities, for the university’s growing Bundoora Campus.

Today we’re lucky to be hearing from the project team, Danielle Savio Project Manager at Multiplex, Danielle Pacella Associate Architect at JCB and Atreyu de Lacy Associate Director Engineer at TTW. In part two of this two part series you will learn about:

• Construction advice for building with exposed timber
• How close is the industry to utilising construction productivity fully
• Lessons learnt for the project

Check out the WoodSolutions website, the world's biggest website on wood:

www.woodsolutions.com.au

The WS Technical Design Guide can be found here:

https://www.woodsolutions.com.au/articles/mid-rise-timber-buildings-design-guides

Timber can increase productivity up to 50%, if prefabrication is leveraged to its fullest extent. Latrobe University Student Accommodation is an exemplar example, a 3500 cubic meters of cross laminated timber (CLT) and Glulam timber, providing over 600 new beds and new student amenities, for the university’s growing Bundoora Campus. It took only 12 weeks from design, to timber landing on site. Today we’re lucky to be hearing from the project team, Danielle Savio Project Manager at Multiplex, Danielle Pacella Associate Architect at JCB and Atreyu de Lacy Associate Director Engineer at TTW. In part one of this two part series you will learn about:

• What the project team did to fast track the construction
• The building information model (BIM) and documentation strategy
• Leveraging the advantages of timber and concrete to get the best outcome

If you’ve got a mid-rise project that you want assistance with, you can get free advice from the WoodSolutions MAP Team. Just email me at [email protected] and we will get back to you.

Check out the WoodSolutions website, the world's biggest website on wood:

www.woodsolutions.com.au

The WS Technical Design Guide can be found here:

https://www.woodsolutions.com.au/articles/mid-rise-timber-buildings-design-guides

Together, building and construction are responsible for 39% of all carbon emissions in the world. Australia has signed to the Paris Agreement, committing to keep global warming to 1.5C – 2 C. It is safe to say, the construction industry is going to change significantly in order to meet these targets. The Green Building Council of Australia is the organisation that is showing us the way to move forward to achieve these goals. Today we are lucky to be speaking to Davina Rooney, the CEO of the Green Building Council of Australia about:

• What opportunities are presented by COVID-19 for bouncing back better
• The case for zero carbon pledge from an organisation’s point of view
• Recent initiatives from the GBCA

Green Building Day on the 16th of June 2020 is one of the GBCA’s main event for the year, this year looking at how we can drive change in construction. You can sign up to the event here:

https://new.gbca.org.au/get-involved/green-building-day/

If you want to understand the environmental impacts of timber, you can check out the recently completed industry-wide WoodSolutions EPDs. Head to:

https://www.woodsolutions.com.au/articles/environmental-product-declarations

Check out the WoodSolutions website, the world's biggest website on wood:

www.woodsolutions.com.au

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https://www.woodsolutions.com.au/podcasts/woodsolutions-weekly-webinars-s1

Timber is light-weight which has a wide range of benefits. But being light-weight means extra attention needs to be paid to the acoustic design. Some understanding of acoustics is recommended for all consultants who partake on a mid-rise timber project. Today we are speaking with Amanda Robinson, co-CEO of Marshall Day Acoustics on this topic about:

• Fundamental principles of sound
• The NCC and AAAC requirements
• How to achieve best practice design detailing for timber buildings

Building professionals globally are turning to timber as it provides a healthier, environmentally friendly, sustainable, efficiently off-site prefabricated solution that dramatically reduces construction times and accordingly the overall cost of the project.

Check out the WoodSolutions website, the world's biggest website on wood:

www.woodsolutions.com.au

Sign up to weekly webinars:

https://www.woodsolutions.com.au/podcasts/woodsolutions-weekly-webinars-s1

The property industry is crucial to Australia’s economy, accounting for 13% of GDP and employing 1.4 million people. It was impossible to predict a global pandemic that simultaneously created a health and financial crisis. Today we are speaking with Ken Morrison the CEO of the Property Council about:

• Long term and short term impacts on the construction sector
• Bouncing back to rebuild a better Australia
• The potential stimulus response of the State and Federal Government

Building professionals globally are turning to timber as it provides a healthier, environmentally friendly, sustainable, efficiently off-site prefabricated solution that dramatically reduces construction times and accordingly the overall cost of the project.

Check out the WoodSolutions website, the world's biggest website on wood:

www.woodsolutions.com.au

Sign up to weekly webinars:

https://www.woodsolutions.com.au/podcasts/woodsolutions-weekly-webinars-s1

See the Property Council Website:

https://www.propertycouncil.com.au/