A quality assurance programme designed to ensure that structural timber meets its claimed strength and stiffness characteristics.
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Press Release - Jim Anderton

Using wood to help rebuild Christchurch could revitalise a stagnating timber industry, mayoral candidate Jim Anderton says. It would be "a New Zealand solution" to recovering from the worst natural... Read on

Designation of Structural Timber

In 2006, NZS3603 Timber Structures, was amended to introduce new grades for structural timber. The new grades, which replaced No1 Framing, were; • Visually stress graded (VSG) 8 and... Read on