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Timber in Buildings Standards

These are the Timber in Buildings Standards

Australian buildings and infrastructure make use of timber in various ways. The Timber in Building set provides guidance for using timber in structure design, construction and installation.

It's designed specifically for builders and carpenters working in residential timber construction. Architects, engineers, and technicians will also find the guidance invaluable.

Available in the Timber in Buildings set and includes all the highly practical current Timber framing span tables - Wind Classification Supplements for cyclonic and non-cyclonic areas of Australia.

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AS 1684.2:2021 Residential timber-framed construction, Part 2: Non-cyclonic areas
Current
Standards Australia
This Standard specifies requirements for building practice and the selection, placement and fixing of the various structural elements used in the construction of timber-framed Class 1 and Class 10 buildings as defined by the National Construction Code; the provisions of this Standard also apply to alterations and additions to such buildings; this Standard is to be used in conjunction with the Supplements to this Standard.
AS 1684.3:2021 Residential timber-framed construction, Part 3: Cyclonic areas
Current
Standards Australia
Provides the building industry with procedures that can be used to determine building practice, to design or check construction details, and to determine member sizes, and bracing and fixing requirements for time-framed construction in cyclonic area.
AS 1684.4-2010 Residential timber-framed construction, Part 4: Simplified - Non-Cyclonic Areas
Pending Revision
Standards Australia
Specifies requirements for the building industry with procedures that can be used to determine building practice, to design or check construction details, and to determine member sizes, and bracing and fixing requirements for timber-framed construction in non-cyclonic wind classifications N1 and N2. Also referred to as the timber framing code.
AS 1720.3:2016 Timber structures, Part 3: Design criteria for timber-framed residential buildings
Current
Standards Australia
Sets out the design methods, assumptions and other criteria, including uplift forces and racking pressures, suitable for the design of timber-framed buildings constructed within the limitations and parameters of, and using the building practice described in, AS 1684.2, AS 1684.3 and AS 1684.4.
AS 1720.5:2015 Timber structures, Part 5: Nailplated timber roof trusses
Current
Standards Australia
Sets out requirements for the design of nailplated timber roof trusses for residential and similar building applications in accordance with AS1720.1, AS4055 and the AS(/NZS)1170 series.
AS 3959:2018 Construction of buildings in bushfire-prone areas
Current
Standards Australia
Specifies requirements for the construction of buildings in bushfire-prone areas in order to improve their resistance to bushfire attack from burning embers, radiant heat, flame contact and combinations of the three attack forms.