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Each issue contains:
»Relevant and topical feature articles for Architects, Engineers and Builders
»A list of updated Australian Standards
»Product Directory supplier listing.
Back issues are on your right and may be downloaded as required.
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electronic update
» May 2008
- Ecolabelling, Life Cycle Analysis and In-service Performance
- Corrosion in “Severe Marine Environments
- Selection of Appropriate Roof Plumbing Components
» March 2008
- Making Homes Safer for the Elderly
- Concrete slabs to accommodate masonry walls and tiled floors
- Tiling Details
» January 2008
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Sustainable Site Contouring
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Retaining Wall Details
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Drainage for Retaining Walls
» November 2007
- Compaction: What is it and why is to required?
- Compaction and Optimum Moisture
- Compaction Requirements
» September 2007
- Draft Standard: Sustainability Specifications, Criteria and Compliance for Australian Building Products
- Determining Energy Efficiency of External Glazing
- Window and Door Specification
» July 2007
- AS 4773 Parts 1 and 2 - Masonry in Small Buildings
- AS 3700 Amendment 3 Masonry Detailing for Earthquake
- AS/NZS 4455 Masonry Units, Retaining Walls, Pavers & Flags
» May 2007
- Considerations in the Selection of Retaining Wall Systems
- AS 4678 Earth Retaining Structures
- BCA 2007
» February 2007
- Acoustic considerations for design of privacy walls
- Structural design of free-standing privacy walls
- Construction of free-standing privacy walls
- Fabric8 Internet Scheduling & Communication
» December 2006
- New earthquake limits on masonry buildings
- Structural design for earthquake loads
- Earthquake compliance
» October 2006
- Sustainability specifications
- Geotextile filters
- Timber framing & bushfire protection
» August 2006
- Centrally Sited Vacuum Systems
- Optimisation of Steel Purlin and Girt Design
- Fire Resistance
» June 2006
- Remedial ties to rejuvenate tired brickwork
- Design of mortarless reinforced concrete block wall systems
- Correct wall ties for brick veneer and cavity masonry
» April 2006
BCA 2006
– Energy efficiency measure
– Structural test data for design by “Alternative Solutions”
– How to cope with insufficient detail on drawings
» February 2006
- Slip resistance
- Design of concrete slabs to accommodate masonry walls and tiled floors
- Tiling details in wet areas
» December 2005
Audit of South-East Asian Tsunami Reconstruction
– House design
– Structural issues
– Building control
» October 2005
What is happening to:
- Product certification?
- The Retaining Wall design standard?
- Australian Standards for residential pavements?
» August 2005
What is happening to:
- Energy efficiency regulations?
- Earthquake loading standard?
- Australian Standards for masonry?
technical literature - UNRESTRICTED DOWNLOAD
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Current papers available:
» Thermal Properties
» Reinforced Masonry Lintels
» Designing Masonry Stuctures for Earthquake Loading
» Designing Stuctures for Earthquake Loading
» Electronic Blueprint Sustainability Policy
» ACEA Standards Activity
affordable housing technical literature
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» Affordable Housing in Developing Countries
» Termite Resistance in Affordable Housing
» Affordable Housing Asia-Pacific Design Considerations
» Asia-Pacific Assistance Program
» 2007 Asia Pacific Operations
» Republic of Kiribati Copra Shed
» Chairman's Report 2006
Training Package: Affordable Housing - Asia-Pacific Region
» General Design Considerations
» Site Safety
» Earthworks & Drainage
» Concrete footings, slabs, columns & beams
» Retaining Walls
» Septic Waste Disposal
» Masonry Walls
» Roof Framing
» Roofs
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