AS/NZS 2269:2004 Plywood - Structural
Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand
Supersedes: AS/NZS 2269:1994 Plywood - Structural
Supersedes: AS/NZS 2269:1994 AMDT 1 Plywood - Structural
Draft Designation: DR 03190Amended by: AS/NZS 2269:2004 AMDT 1 Plywood - Structural
Specifies requirements for the manufacture, grading, finishing and branding of structural plywood. It provides specifications for both stress and surface grades and specifies veneer qualities, bond quality, standard lay-up construction, dimensional tolerances, joints, moisture content and characteristic strength and stiffness values for the nominated stress grades. Five surface grades, based on the veneer quality of the face and back veneers, A, S, B, C and D and one bond quality, Type A bond, are prescribed.
Originated in Australia in part as AS O85-1969. Originated in New Zealand as NZS 3614:1971. Previous edition AS/NZS 2269:1994. Third edition 2004. Reissued incorporating Amendment No. 1 (March 2006).
Plywood timber products.
Australian Building Codes Board; CSIRO Forestry and Forest Products; Engineers Australia; Housing Industry Association; New Zealand Forest Research; New Zealand Plywood Manufacturers Association; Plywood Association of Australasia; State Forests of New South Wales; Timber Development Association (NSW).
