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About this event
As structural engineers, we often focus on how our members will perform structurally—considering strength capacities, serviceability, and load transfers.
However, specifying the best type of product for the design and ensuring the correct material is used on-site often receive less attention. This can lead to potential risk if the product’s properties don’t match those used in the design process.
Join Tom Rickerby, National Technical Manager at Wesbeam and Director on the Board of the Engineered Wood Products Association of Australasia (EWPAA) on Monday, March 24, 2025, at 1 pm Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT) to learn more about specifying engineered wood products (EWP) in your projects.
A key challenge is that Australian Standard AS 1720.1 Timber Structures does not have standard grades for LVL, and each manufacturer publishes different properties.
So how can engineers ensure that the material used on-site meets the criteria they are using for the design? The risk engineers take by not correctly specifying products in their structural design can result in unsuitable performance on-site and, in extreme cases, structural failure.
In this seminar, we will look at EWP specifications and how you can make sure you are correctly specifying your products.
All registered attendees will receive a recording of the webinar after the event.
In this webinar, we will cover:
- Types of Engineered Wood Products (EWP) in the Australian market and how they differ to traditional sawn timber
- Where engineers should specify different types of EWP’s
- The importance of specification when it comes to Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL)
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Your Speakers
Tom is the National Technical Manager at Wesbeam, Australia’s only manufacturer of Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL), and has over 15 years of experience spanning residential design engineering, forensic structural engineering, and the manufacture and design of Engineered Wood Products (EWP). Tom also serves as a Director on the Board of the Engineered Wood Products Association of Australasia (EWPAA).
Ati holds a Bachelor of Biotechnology and a Master of Environmental Management. Her diverse career spans vital industries such as agriculture and ports, with a particular focus on crane technology. Before her role at ClearCalcs, Ati was the first marketing hire at Roborigger, a crane automation technology startup based in Western Australia.
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