The specific objective of the Hub is to demonstrate that timber-based products are sound and adaptable construction materials in the contemporary urban environment and especially sub-tropical and tropical environments.
The Projects of the Hub are focused around the creation of Exemplars and represents the first attempt in Australia to create a tall building prototype with an exposed timber structure that adheres to the intent of advances performance assessments, and not simply adhere to current regulatory constraints.
Researchers within the Future Timber Hub are examining components for tall timber in a broad range of Projects which examine in greater detail critical aspects for designing with timber.
This Future Timber Hub project investigates the behaviour of a prototype hybrid Timber-FRP (Fibre Reinforced Polymer) with enhanced fire and serviceability performance; exploring effective fabrication techniques for load-bearing floor systems.
Investigations into the design of innovative and alternative structural timber systems and technologies that adapt ‘low value’ timber products such as sawmill offcuts.
This project investigates the self-extinguishment mechanism of Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) at full-scale in order to establish design criteria for the fire-safe use of CLT in tall-timber buildings.
This project will identify the key issues and concerns relating to the impact of continuous drying on key performance and production criteria of engineered wood structural elements for tall timber construction.
This research project aims to explore the past, present and future of tall timber buildings.
This project aims to develop and optimise a non-destructive evaluation (NDE) protocol to determine the global stiffness properties of full-scale mass timber panels directly in the production line.
This research project aims to demonstrate the superior holistic performance, economic advantages, and reduced environmental impact of net zero energy buildings (ZEB) that employ optimised CLT solutions.
This project will seek to combine Hub partners' expertise in digital fabrication, prefabrication, and manufacturing automation to develop new, beneficial structural components and systems suited for large-scale or modularised timber structures.
Progressive collapse is characterised by a disproportionate and severe collapse of a structure due to local failure, which is usually caused by accidental or abnormal loadings
This research will investigate the performance of structural timber connections exposed to fire in order to grow understanding of mass timber structures under fire conditions.
This project will evaluate the performance of timber core-walls and provide technical information to guide core-wall design in tall timber buildings, with and without the incorporation of low-damage seismic design technology.
This project aims to deliver technical tools, training and demonstration that will support local industry to supply the building sector with a versatile palette of high performance products from which to design and construct innovative timber buildings.
