The Commercial Timber Guidebook

CONTENTS

1.

INTRODUCTION

11

2.

INSURANCE

17

3.

TIMBER OFFICES Types of Mass Timber

23

24 26

3 . 1 3 . 2

Key General Design Aspects

4.

DURABILITY

33 34 40 48 50 55 56 60 64

Moisture and Durability

4 . 1 4 . 2 4 . 3 4 . 4

Risk Mitigation

Water Damage Remediation Guidance

Principles for Durability

5.

FIRE

Compliance, Stakeholder Goals and Fire Safety Objectives  Alternative Fire Engineering Approaches and QDR Engineered Timber Thermal Response and fire Safety Implications  Principles to Demonstrate Adequacy of Fire Safety Design

5 . 1 5 . 2 5 . 3 5 . 4

70

6.

EXAMPLE BUILDINGS Example Building - Typology 1 Example Building - Typology 2 Example Building - Typology 3 Example Building - Typology 4

81 82 86 90 94 98

6 . 1 6 . 2 6 . 3 6 . 4 6 . 5

Comparative Examples

7.

APPENDICES Types of Insurance

101

102 104 107 108

7 . 1 7 . 2 7 . 3 7 . 4

Glossary

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