Publications

This resource includes studies of 18 exemplary Australian timber buildings, representing the work of some the country’s leading architects and engineers. Each study presents the building in drawings and photographs, and describes their architectural and technical context.

A collation of general and technical data of the main species commercially available from Tasmania. Each of the species listed has a usage and descriptive overview, details the resource and management of the species, and lists the various technical and specification properties of the timber and its general workability characteristics.

Information source on appearance application grading; Select, Medium Feature, Standard and High Feature.

• Tasmanian Oak Grades (PDF 211.3KB)-Tasmanian Oak for appearance applications is available in three grades: Select (SEL), Medium Feature - Standard (MF) and High Feature (HF).

• Grades of Blackwood (PDF 196.5KB) - Blackwood for appearance applications is available in two standard defined grades, Select (SEL) & High Feature (HF), and one industry grade, Black & White (B&W).

Essential for the successful installation of timber flooring and timber construction, moisture content readings and corrections for timber species, are outlined in a series of handy toolbox cards.

• Use of Moisture Meters on Tasmanian Timber (PDF 34.6KB) - This guide describes the general procedures for using a moisture meter on Tasmanian timbers.
• Blackwood Moisture Meter Correction Card (PDF 25.2KB) - This guide provides the corrected moisture content when using a resistance moisture meter in Blackwood of a given temperature.
• Use of Moisture Meters on Tasmanian Oak (PDF 56.4KB) - This guide provides the corrected moisture content when using a resistance moisture meter in generic Tasmanian Oak of a given temperature.
• Myrtle Moisture Meter Correction Card (PDF 24.6KB) - This guide provides the corrected moisture content when using a resistance moisture meter in Myrtle of a given temperature.
• Eucalyptus obliqua Immature Moisture Meter Card (PDF 26.0KB) - This guide provides the corrected moisture content when using a resistance moisture meter in regrowth Eucalyptus obliqua (messmate) of a given temperature.
• Eucalyptus oblique Mature Moisture Meter Card (PDF 26.0KB) - This guide provides the corrected moisture content when using a resistance moisture meter in mature Eucalyptus obliqua (messmate) of a given temperature.
• Eucalyptus regnans and E. delegatensis Moisture Meter Card (PDF 26.1KB) - This guide provides the corrected moisture content when using a resistance moisture meter in Eucalyptus regnans and E. delegatensis of a given temperature.

A series of flooring guides; from advice for selecting appropriate timber flooring types for domestic applications and varying substrates, through to detailed illustrated installation procedures. With a selection of information styles, there is a guide suitable for the experienced professional installer or the home renovator.

• Timber flooring options (PDF 423.9KB) - Timber is manufactured into a range of flooring products. This illustrated guide can help you identify the ideal flooring option for your home or office.
• Overview flooring installation guide (PDF 211.3KB) - This short guide provides a quick reference to the main points of installing strip timber flooring either on joists or as an overlay.
• Installing Tasmanian Strip Flooring on Joists (PDF 132.8KB) - This is a detailed guide for installing conventional strip flooring on joists. It covers all the main points you need to know for board selection, storage and site preparation, installation and finishing.
• Installing Tasmanian Strip Overlay Flooring (PDF 99.3KB) - This is a detailed guide for installing overlay strip flooring on a range of substrates. It covers all the main points you need to need to know for board selection, storage and site preparation, installation and finishing.
• Guide for installing Tasmanian Oak strip flooring as an overlay (PDF 623.1KB) - This is a concise guide for installing overlay strip flooring on a range of substrates. It covers all the main points you need to know for board selection, storage and site preparation, installation and finishing.
• Guide for installing Tasmanian Oak strip flooring on joists (PDF 623.5KB) - This is a concise guide for installing conventional strip flooring on joists. It covers all the main points you need to know for board selection, storage and site preparation, installation and finishing.

Research into sustainability is a developing area, and the Centre for Sustainable Architecture with Wood is constantly investigating new processes and issues in the use of timber in construction.

• Forest store carbon (PDF 374.1KB) - Forestry is the only Australian industry sector that stores more greenhouse gases than it releases. In 2001, Australia's plantations and managed forests stored a net 22.7 million tonnes of carbon dioxide. This is more than half of the carbon dioxide (42.5mt) emitted by all the passenger cars in Australia in that year.
• Forest products are part of your life (PDF 177.9KB) - Forest products are part of the every day life of all Australians. In 2001-02, Australia's native and plantation forests supplied more than 1 cubic metre of wood for every person in Australia, a total of about 24 million cubic metres.
• Timber products use less energy (PDF 177.9KB)  - Timber is the perfect, sustainable building material. It is strong, natural, renewable and has the lowest embodied energy of any major building material. It also stores atmospheric carbon. Buildings constructed from timber take less energy to make than similar brick, concrete or steel buildings.