WoodSolutions Timber Talks

Insurance plays a critical role for any construction project. It particularly plays a key role in the adoption of mass timber systems in mid-rise and high-rise development. In this episode we're lucky to be speaking with Jacob Concannon a Vice President at Gallagher, who are a global insurance broker who are creating awareness and education about mass timber through the insurance sector. In this episode we discuss the current state of play with mass timber and insurance and how things can be improved to streamline adoption moving forward.

If you want to learn more about designing or building with timber, I recommend you go to the WoodSolutions Website and download the Technical Design Guides:

https://www.woodsolutions.com.au/publications

I recommend watching the WoodSolutions weekly webinars. Previous recordings can be found on the WoodSolutions website:

https://woodsolutions.com.au/

As our buildings are improving in energy efficiency, good envelope design is as important as it has ever been. For a successful holistic design there is a host of items that designers need to consider, that sometimes comes with tradeoffs. In this episode we're speaking to Mark Dewsbury a Lecturer of Architecture and Design at The University of Tasmania about:

• How our buildings have been improving over time,
• The tradeoffs between ventilation, durability and sustainabiltiy
• And best practice design strategies for holistic design

If you want to learn more about designing or building with timber, I recommend you go to the WoodSolutions Website and download the Technical Design Guides:

https://www.woodsolutions.com.au/publications

I recommend watching the WoodSolutions weekly webinars. Previous recordings can be found on the WoodSolutions website:

https://woodsolutions.com.au/

Eric Tweedle Stadium is a new sports facility, consisting of mass timber with 9.5m cantilevers. This new state-of-the-art community sports pavilion is home to the first-grade Two Blues Rugby Union team, with seating for 750 spectators, and is the first mass-timber framed grandstand structure in Australia. The project won the 2021 Timber Design Award amongst strong competition. In this episode we're speaking with Ivana Simkovic project architect from DWP and Nick Boey the project Engineer from Northrop about the design, installation and keys to the project's success.

If you want to learn more about designing or building with timber, I recommend you go to the WoodSolutions Website and download the Technical Design Guides:

https://www.woodsolutions.com.au/publications

I recommend watching the WoodSolutions weekly webinars. Previous recordings can be found on the WoodSolutions website:

https://woodsolutions.com.au/

Industrialised construction encompasses a shift towards of commodisation of construction products and manufacturing processes whilst maintaining architectural intent and flexibility. This has the potential to improve productivity and enable decarbonisation whilst improving the sector's profit margins. In this episode we're speaking with Allan Chalmers (Industrialised Technical Specialist) and Ryan McMahon (Director of Products for Industrialised Construction) about:

• What is manufacturing informed design,
• What have the hurdles to adoption been so far,
• The success stories in Australia and around the world,
• And much more!

If you want to learn more about designing or building with timber, I recommend you go to the WoodSolutions Website and download the Technical Design Guides:

https://www.woodsolutions.com.au/publications

I recommend watching the WoodSolutions weekly webinars. Previous recordings can be found on the WoodSolutions website:

https://woodsolutions.com.au/

Engineered timber construction systems are rapidly growing in popularity. With specifiers and developers selecting timber solutions for their triple bottom line benefits, it has never been more important for the cost consulting industry to understand the products available and their cost implications. In this episode we're speaking with Barry Lynch and Eoin McLoughlin from Logic Group about:

• The existing top-down data on the costing,
• What elements go into the "wholistic cost",
• And how fast we can install and corresponding savings on the prelims for timber buildings

If you want to learn more about designing or building with timber, I recommend you go to the WoodSolutions Website and download the Technical Design Guides:

https://www.woodsolutions.com.au/publications

I recommend watching the WoodSolutions weekly webinars. Previous recordings can be found on the WoodSolutions website:

https://woodsolutions.com.au/

The National Construction Code is Australia's primary set of technical design and construction provisions for buildings. The code has a long complex history, and understanding it is critical to building to an acceptable level of quality and ensure safety. Understanding the compliance pathways is critical for successful timber buildings. And today, we're speaking with Andrew Dunn the CEO of the Timber Development Association about

• The performance requirements and compliance pathways,
• How to achieve an FRL with timber products and
• What circumstances may additional fire testing be required

If you want to learn more about designing or building with timber, I recommend you go to the WoodSolutions Website and download the Technical Design Guides:

https://www.woodsolutions.com.au/publications

I recommend watching the WoodSolutions weekly webinars. Previous recordings can be found on the WoodSolutions website:

https://woodsolutions.com.au/

William Perkins High School consists of a significant quantity of exposed wooden structures, enabling the benefits of biophilia for the students and building occupants. Education buildings have the unique challenges, when trying to build in the short windows that sit between teaching periods. Within these windows the building was constructed with an innovative team and creative engineers. In this episode, we're speaking with Alan Dowdall, the project structural engineer, a timber specialist with vast experience about achieving fast programs in construction and the importance of simplicity in design.

If you want to learn more about designing or building with timber, I recommend you go to the WoodSolutions Website and download the Technical Design Guides:

https://www.woodsolutions.com.au/publications

I recommend watching the WoodSolutions weekly webinars. Previous recordings can be found on the WoodSolutions website:

https://woodsolutions.com.au/

Architects are looking to expose wood as much as possible, in order to demonstrate the benefits of sustainability and enable the advantages of biophilia. However, when exposing timber a good understanding of both the fire resistance level of the building elements, and the dynamics of the fuel load are critical to understand. Recent research has unveiled new insights into the safe exposure of wood, isolating items such as amount of encapsulation, location of encapsulation and ventilation. In this episode, we're speaking with Daniel Brandon Senior Research Scientist at RISE (Sweden) who is one of the world's foremost experts on large scale fire testing, on designing for exposed wooden structures.

If you want to learn more about designing or building with timber, I recommend you go to the WoodSolutions Website and download the Technical Design Guides:

https://www.woodsolutions.com.au/publications

I recommend watching the WoodSolutions weekly webinars. Previous recordings can be found on the WoodSolutions website:

https://woodsolutions.com.au/

The New Academic Building is a transformative project for Murdoch University and for the national Higher Education sector more broadly. The project consists of a unique timber structure, over 130 meters long and comprised of four storeys. In this episode we're speaking with the project team; Edward Berry the Architect from Lyons, Jamie Cook the builder from Multiplex, Pratik Shrestha the Engineer from Aurecon and Mario Busolli a supplier from XLam Dolomiti about;

• The special focus on building modelling,
• Managing the supply chain during design,
• And of course the lessons learned for all the team

If you want to learn more about designing or building with timber, I recommend you go to the WoodSolutions Website and download the Technical Design Guides:

https://www.woodsolutions.com.au/publications

I recommend watching the WoodSolutions weekly webinars. Previous recordings can be found on the WoodSolutions website:

https://woodsolutions.com.au/

As our buildings are becoming more operationally efficient, the impacts that are coming from our materials are growing proportionally. Materials make up a significant portion of the greenhouse gas emissions in our buildings. If the government and private companies are going to achieve their goals, it's a problem that needs to be solved. In this episode we're lucky to be speaking with Ann Austin, the Head of Sustainability Australia at Lendlease about:

• The unique challenges of absolute zero targets,
• How to improve material supply chains,
• And how organisations are facilitating the shifts

If you want to learn more about designing or building with timber, I recommend you go to the WoodSolutions Website and download the Technical Design Guides:

https://www.woodsolutions.com.au/publications

I recommend watching the WoodSolutions weekly webinars. Previous recordings can be found on the WoodSolutions website:

https://woodsolutions.com.au/