Guide to Assessment and Repair of Flood
Damaged Timber and Timber Framed Houses
This guide has been recently published by Timber Queensland. This is an initial draft, and the information contained within may be subject to minor alterations in the next few weeks.
Case Settlement Win for Strict Compliance of Plywood Standards Litigation in the Federal Court about potentially unsafe building products has ended in a major win for strict testing and compliance regimes following an out-of-court settlement between the EWPAA and Jag Ply Pty. Ltd. For a media release that contains the full details, click here.
Under the terms of settlement, Jag Ply has agreed to immediately cease machine stress grading, labeling F-Grades and making claims that products comply with Australian Standards. In addition, Jag Ply has agreed to a product recall by way of refunding the sale price of unused plywood sheets to customers upon return to Jag Ply. To view the PAA - JAG agreed media release, click here.
Case Studies in Non-Certified Imported Plywood
A series of 7 case studies in non-certified imported plywood, and the serious consequences of using plywood that is not fit for use. Click here for the case studies
Rush on Building Materials Could be a Serious Health Risk
Consumers rushing to buy wood panels to replace flood-damaged components around the house have been warned of the potential serious health risks of some commonly available products.
GBCA decision on timber credits good news for
engineered wood
The decision by the Green Building Council of Australia to revise its timber credit to allow equal
consideration of the Australian Forestry Standard and Forest Stewardship Council schemes
‘levels the playing field and gives Australian and New Zealand members hard‐won access to the
green rated commercial market.
Federal Body Warns Against the Use of High Emission Wood Panel Products
The federal body responsible for the assessment and safe use of industrial chemicals has advised construction workers and wood panel users against the use of products that contain formaldehyde exceeding the low emission limits of E0 and E1.
JAG Ply Court Case Update - Trial Adjourned until December 8, 2008
THE trial of proceedings brought by the Engineered Wood Products Association of Australasia
(EWPAA) against Jag Ply Pty Ltd and Peter Cranston Wintour is to be adjourned and will now
commence on December 8.
Illegitimate Use of the JAS-ANZ symbol
Samples of imported formwork plywood, falsely labeled with the JAS‐ANZ accreditation symbol, have
failed tests for bonding quality, reliability and safety carried out by the Engineered Wood Products
Association of Australasia (EWPAA).
JAS-ANZ have also released an article, and this can be found by clicking here.
Chinese Non-Compliant Formply
A SYDNEY unit development has been shut down by the NSW Work Cover Authority in a breakthrough
test case against the use of imported non‐compliant formply in building construction.
Imported Underlayment Plywood Risks - Must Read Document !
Testing by the EWPAA and DPI & F has confirmed that there has been a significant increase in quality issues and premature failure of high value strip floors and flooring systems due to use of imported, non-certified underlayment plywood.
It is essential that building designers, specifiers, flooring layers and home owners are urgently made aware of the significant risks associated with the use of this low cost substitute product.
LVL Buckling Report
This report details the results of a series of tests on LVL beams to observe their buckling behavior and compare
the behavior with that predicted by the design rules of AS 1720.1. The results indicate that for slenderness ratios greater than 10, the design method in AS 1720.1 results
in a significant underestimation of moment capacity.
