Market Access
The Market Access category covers research projects that evaluate national and international market trends to enable industry to develop business and industry development strategies.
These projects develop and improve products matched to market needs, and continue to expand markets for wood products.
Key goals include creating greater value in wood products by developing knowledge and technology to increase timber construction in residential, commercial and industrial buildings; appearance grade timber products and markets; and sustainable wood products.
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Characteristic Perpendicular to Grain Bearing Test on Common Australian and Imported Timber Species PNA462-1718
The aim of this study was to re-establish the characteristic perpendicular to grain values for common timber species used in construction from Australia and overseas and to develop a method to... Read More -
Productivity in Multi-storey Mass Timber Construction
This project utilised photogrammetry methods to measure installation productivity of CLT panels in a medium-rise timber building. The analysis of the data indicated that an average floor cycle... Read More -
Strength verification of MDF products and fitness for purpose in structural application: Assessment of the structural behaviours and fitness for purpose of MDF stair solutions
The aim of this project was to demonstrate that MDF products are safe for structural applications, in protected environments, in particular stairs. Thus, providing benefits to industry by vali... Read More -
Australian Wood Product Manufacturers - Environmental Life Cycle Inventory Update
The aim of this project was to update the environmental Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) data for Australian-produced wood products. The pre-existing data was last collected by CSIRO for the 2005-06... Read More -
Trialling the Value of RFID Technology in Prefabricated Timber Construction
This project addressed the potential value that the use of Radio- Frequency Identification Technology (RFID) can add to prefabricated timber construction and to undertake basic development of ... Read More -
Study the influence of perpendicular to grain compression and creep in 4 to 8 Storey Lightweight Timber Framed Buildings
The aim of this project was to validate the assumption used within the Australian Standard AS1720.1 for calculating compression perpendicular to grain for common timber species and develop pra... Read More -
Socio-economic impacts of the forest industry Western Australia
This report examined the employment and economic activity generated by the WA forest industry, and identified the communities in which the industry generates a significant proportion of local ... Read More -
Increasing Wood Based Office Fit-out for Sustainable Life Cycle Benefits
This project investigated the common cycle of “fitout-stripout” in large multi-tenanted office buildings which occurs over the life of a building and the resultant physical waste and its assoc... Read More -
Implications of NCC 2016 Changes to Deemed-To-Satisfy (DTS) for Mid-Rise Timber Buildings on Supply of Sawn Softwood Timber
The aims of this project were to investigate the Australian timber industry’s ability to benefit from the amendment to the NCC in 216, and supply products appropriate for use in timber-framed ... Read More -
Enabling Prefabricated Timber Building Systems in Commercial Construction (PNA324-1314)
This project identifies drivers for, and barriers to, the increased use of prefabricated timber building (PTB) systems in Class 2 to 9 commercial buildings, such as apartments, hotels, office ... Read More
