Wood Composite Load Bearing Solutions
Project Under Development
This project aims to facilitate the introduction of Engineered Wood Products (EWP) to concrete and/or steel constructions, with details developed in collaboration with builders, architects, engineers and researchers as an incremental step of innovation that increases the use of timber in our commercial buildings and decarbonises our structures. It aims at understanding which type of hybrid system {e.g., vertical or horizontal solutions, connections} and material {e.g., Steel/Timber, Concrete/Timber and Timber/Timber} systems is more relevant to and can be commonly adopted by the Australian industry.
The developed system
- is to be buildable,
- cost-effective,
- sustainable,
- structurally perform,
- fire safe,
- can be fast erected and
- comply in terms of acoustic and vibration.
There is currently no such widely adopted solution in Australia and are still questions to answer.
Please see Project Video for further information:
Objectives/Deliverables
- A literature review on different hybrid systems currently used and proposed systems - led by academia
- Map different hybrid solutions; Decide on the more relevant and beneficial hybrid solution to the Australian industry; Come up with a design of the solution system. - led by industry
- Multi-objective optimisation of the new system - led by academia
- Testing of the new and optimised system - led by academia
- Dissemination of the outcomes through seminars to the building industry - all partners
Project Leader/s
Benoit Gilbert
Project Leader; Chief Investigator
Griffith University / Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries
Hong Guan
Node Leader - Performance of Building Components; Executive Board Member
Griffith University
Project Staff
Research Assistant
Research Assistant Opportunity
HDR Candidate
Higher Degrees by Research Scholarship Opportunity
Project Investigators
Benoit Gilbert
Project Leader; Chief Investigator
Griffith University / Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries
Hong Guan
Node Leader - Performance of Building Components; Executive Board Member
Griffith University
Hassan Karampour
Project Leader; Chief Investigator
Griffith University
Cristian Maluk
Node Leader - Performance of Building Components; Project Leader
The University of Queensland / Semper, UK
Adam Faircloth
Partner Investigator
Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries
Hamid Valipour
Chief Investigator
University of New South Wales
Mahmud Ashraf
Chief Investigator
Deakin University
Minghao Li
Partner Investigator
The University of British Columbia
Frank Lam
Partner Investigator
The University of British Columbia
Cristiano Loss
Partner Investigator
The University of British Columbia
Hyungsuk (Thomas) Lim
Partner Investigator
University of Canterbury, Christchurch NZ
Toby Hodsdon
Partner Investigator; Steering Group Committee Chair
Arup
Ralph Belperio
Partner Investigator; Executive Board Member
Aurecon
Tim Butler
Partner Investigator
Lendlease
Alex Zecevic
Partner Investigator
TTW
Lead Project Partner Organisation
Project Partners
