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The International Bamboo Building Design Competition has announced the 4 top award winners. The 12 building category winners and the 50 finalists finalists from 25 countries and their entries are shown online at www.bamboocompetition.com.

Useful summary of working with bamboo.

This Training Manual is the summary of basic practical construction know-how that is of crucial importance to transfer appropriate and new skills to local masons, supervisors and SEWA members in building earthquake resistant houses. It will help construction trainers to pass on relevant skills in constructing houses and improving infrastructure in a practical manner, and offers a wide range of essential information.

Example of modular housing in Tsunami reconstruction

Building Issues is a programme which studies problems within construction and urban development in developing countries. Reports include "Climatic Design of Buildings using Passive Techniques"; "Woodless Construction"; Health Hazards of Building Materials"; "Termites and Construction" and "Moisture and Mould in Dwellings in a Tropical Coastal Climate".

The German Timber Promotion Fund (the central marketing institution of the German forestry and wood processing industries) began an initiative to explore feasible uses of timber constructions following a disaster. This publication presents the plan that was developed and the prospects for its implementation.

Includes details on harvesting, processing, grading etc.

From "Solid Timber: Sections and Sizes": http://www.trada.co.uk/techinfo/asset/send/334/content/57b10d-f0a587429d--7ffd-wood5.unzip/index.html

1.1 ENERGY \&ENERGY CONSUMPTION 1.1.1 External climatic conditions 1.1.2 Building design and construction 1.2 TIMBER \&TIMBER CONSTRUCTION 1.2.1 Timber 1.2.2 Timber construction 1.3 DESIGN DECISION MAKING

Includes detailed and easy to understand guide to bamboo preservation using a Vertical Soak Diffusion method and a preservative known as TimBor.

[Resource list] Index of Papers from the First International Conference on Ecological Building Structure.

General design, nailed joints, screwed joints, bolted joints, connectored joints.

Resources: Primary School Buildings: Standard, Norms, Design (pdf) Protection of Education Buildings against Earthquakes (pdf)

This package is suitable for students studying Civil Engineering, Architecture, or Building and Construction at University level, or Building and Construction courses at Trade Training level. Topics include: Applications, Properties, Production, Durability, Manufactured Products, Connections.

This report presents results from research conducted under the Phase 1 research plan. This research develops a database and modeling capability to adequately describe the environmental performance of building materials and their uses. The research analyzes key wood materials such as lumber, plywood, composite panels and other structural wood derived products, and provides environmental and economic data on all Life Cycle stages from planting and growing the renewable raw material, manufacture of product, design and construction of buildings, occupation and use through final demolition. The collection of all input and output data is referred to as the Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) for the activity. The data and subsequent analysis follows consistent definitions and collection procedures for the development of LCI profiles for each product and region and to facilitate the integration of results across the full life cycle of material processing and use in order to address environmental performance questions. The ultimate use of LCI information is to analyze it for risk implications on human or ecological health and how the risk can be lowered. This assessment process is referred to as Life Cycle Assessment (LCA).

The online excerpts of this 1998 NRDC handbook summarize the advantages of several wood-efficient approaches to design, material selection, and construction for residential applications, and describe the extensive practical and resource information for builders, architects, engineers, developers, lenders, and insurers provided in the print version.

Drawing on initial field evaluations of Catholic Relief Services (CRS)’s self-help shelter programme, this article explores one approach to maximising local ingenuity to meet priority shelter needs.

This guide provides information on how to design and build simple roof structures for light weight and even roof cover materials.It is equally applicable in the case of other roof cover materials such as clay tiles, slates, sheets, etc…

The guide provides hands-on advice on design and construction of roof trusses, layout drawings and construction details for the most common timber and steel trusses, design aids in the form of standard detailing tables, references on more elaborate roof truss designs and construction aspects. Readership: Contractors, builders, practising engineers and architects constructing roof structures with particular emphasis on MCR covered buildings.

This study will discuss the assessment of the need for imported timber in each district/municipality in the Province of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD), covering: (a) construction of accommodation barracks, (b) construction of low-cost healthy housing, (c) construction of schools, (d) construction of public facilities such as hospitals, public health clinics, and houses of worship, and (e) the supply of fishing fleets, including the specification required for imported timber for Aceh. The study will highlight on the potential threats to Aceh’s forests affected by the timber requirements for Aceh’s reconstruction. It will also discuss the facilities and any import dispensations that the Indonesian Government may grant to support the aid timber import that will assist in Aceh’s reconstruction.

"The online learning project aims to use online learning to support the development of skills within the timber and construction industry." Clear overview of general timber information including timber products, timber properties, structures and jointing.

Comprehensive guide to using timber poles for building.

TRADA Wood Information Sheet Section 4 Sheet 7. Published November 2006.

This information sheet is one of a series produced by HSE’s Woodworking National Interest Group. Its purpose is to provide information on the reported adverse health effects associated with the more common woods used in commercial quantities within the UK, eg mahogany, oak, pine, teak etc

Comprehensive technical information on timber, though some information is only available for a fee.

Booklets on timber transporting, usage, importation and procurement.

1.1 Regulations Landfill Tax Environmental Protection Act Packaging Waste EU Directive 1.2 Wood residues and potential contaminants Utilisation and disposal

The Consultation was divided into eight technical sections covering: housing needs, trends and prospects; supply of wood materials for housing; wood products and their use in housing; problems associated with the development of the use of wood in construction and possible solutions (divided into two subsections covering technical aspects and legislative and code aspects respectively); design, building techniques and costs of housing with wood components; wood in housing in developing countries; promotion of the use of wood in housing; coordination of research and future developments.