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Construction.wmv" title="Construction" rel='external'>Construction
First pre-stressed multi-storey timber building in the world.
Work carried out by the University of Canterbury, Civil and Natural Resources Engineering Department, through its research contract with STIC has resulted in a world first 2/3 scale pre-stressed LVL timber building being designed, specified and constructed in the laboratory. The design and specification was done by the University, the LVL was manufactured and supplied by Carter Holt Harvey and Nelson Pine Industries, the fabrication was done by McIntosh Laminates and Hunters and construction was done by Mainzeal and BBR Contech.
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Work carried out by the University of Canterbury, Civil and Natural Resources Engineering Department, through its research contract with STIC has resulted in a world first 2/3 scale pre-stressed LVL timber building being designed, specified and constructed in the laboratory. During the construction planning Mainzeal Property and Construction prepared a “fly through” in order that the final structure could be better visualised and fit-up verified. This video clip enables a 3-D “walk-through”.
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During 2009 STIC and the University of Canterbury, Civil and Natural Resources Engineering Department have been conducting research on the seismic performance of multi-storey pre-stressed LVL timber buildings. The building structure under test here, a 2/3 scale building, demonstrated extremely good resistance to the quasi-static seismic loading applied via a computer controlled hydraulic ram actuator system.
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During 2009 STIC and the University of Canterbury, Civil and Natural Resources Engineering Department have been conducting research on the seismic performance of multi-storey pre-stressed LVL timber buildings.The building structure under test here, a 2/3 scale building, demonstrated extremely good resistance to the quasi-static seismic loading applied via a computer controlled hydraulic ram actuator system. In these tests the building was subjected to bi-directional multiple simulated earthquakes.
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3-Storey shake table test.
During 2009 STIC and the University of Canterbury, Civil and Natural Resources Engineering Department have been conducting research on the seismic performance of multi-storey pre-stressed LVL timber buildings. The building structure under test here, a ¼ scale model, demonstrated superb resistance to the inertial loading applied during a fully dynamic shake test and suffered no structural damage as a result of repeated tests.