Wood in Construction – How to Avoid Costly Mistakesfocuses on the basic principles and appropriate use of wood inconstruction and illustrates how to avoid or minimise problems, toensure that wood performs as expected when used in a constructionapplication. Based on the author’s extensive experience ofmanufacturing processes and practical applications in the timber,construction, joinery, shop-fitting and furniture industries,Wood in Construction provides a guide to using wood inbuilding in the real world. It describes the main causes ofdifficulty when using wood, and shows how to avoid or minimiseproblems, reducing the difficulties for the architect, engineer orspecifier, builder and building owner. Technical enough to explain why things should be done inspecific ways, but also practical enough to demonstrate how to usewood correctly and avoid doing the wrong things, this is aninvaluable resource for construction specifiers (architects,engineers), carpenters, structural engineers, building surveyors,small/medium sized builders. 

Wood in Construction: How to Avoid Costly Mistakes

Science & Math

Coulson, Jim

Technology

Wiley/Blackwell

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Pennix, Gail

Penn, Ira A.

Administrative Law

Gower Publishing Company

There is a great deal of innovation in the use of wood in construction, from impressive modern buildings to new construction products that reduce build times and improve building performance. As a renewable resource with proven low embodied energy, wood is both an environmentally responsible and a highly practical choice as a construction material. However, forest management practices vary throughout the world: some are highly effective in delivering a sustainable, long term supply of timber; whereas others are less so, and could result in forest depletion and significant environmental degradation. Against this background, a number of certification schemes have been developed that seek to ensure that all timber is harvested from sources that are at least legally-sourced, and at best, sustainably managed. Sustainable Use of Wood in Construction explains how and why wood may be grown sustainably, and how this versatile material can be specified and – most importantly - sourced, for use in the construction industry. It explains the modern regulatory framework within Europe that seeks to eliminate the use of illegally-harvested wood, and it shows how to ensure that everyone who sells or uses wood for construction is following the rules. Finally, the book explains how, at the end of its first use in construction, wood can be recycled, by reprocessing into another wood-based construction material, or by using it as biomass. Also available Wood in Construction: How to avoid costly mistakes Jim Coulson Paperback, 978 0 4706 5777 Structural Timber Design to Eurocode 5 Second Edition Jack Porteous &amp; Abdy Kermani Paperback, 978 0 4706 7500 7

Sustainable Use of Wood in Construction

There is a growing interest in the use of wood in new building, not least because it has low embodied energy and it is an infinitely renewable resource. Despite a great deal of innovation in the use of wood in construction in recent years, the fundamentals of using this natural material have not really changed: the different types of wood have different properties and differing responses to the environment in which they are used. When used correctly, wood is an excellent building material but when inappropriately specified or used, it may cause problems.&nbsp;&nbsp;Poor understanding of the properties of wood and the many species and grades that are commercially available can result in this versatile material performing below expectation, and certainly less well than could have been achieved with greater understanding about how best to use it. How Wood Works is a combination of the author's two previous books, into one comprehensive volume. Revised and updated material to deal with the essentials of structural design and building in timber, in a sustainable manner&nbsp;while reflecting on changes in Standards and other Regulations and expanding on certain technical areas - such as more detailed wood science and wood structure.

A Handbook for the Sustainable Use of Timber in Construction

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

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