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In this activity you will use available resources to identify the primary parts of a traditional wood frame structure and then describe the purpose of each. Use letters or numbers to identify at least 15 components in the image below. Then list the purpose of each component.
Wood is one of the most used natural building materials in the world. A number of valuable properties such as low heat conductivity, small bulk density, relatively high strength, amenability to mechanical working etc. makes wood as famous building material.
-There are many structural and nonstructural applications for wood products in building construction.-lumber (A) applies to wood products derived directly from logs through sawing and planing operations only, with no further manufacturing except cutting to length or finger jointing two or more pieces (B) Only solid pieces of wood are classified ...
Identify the type of raw materials used, considering sustainable design and investigating production processes. You must also show an understanding of environmental issues in the Wood and Furniture industries. 1. Design and model a timber structure (e.g. build an extension to an existing building or build a bridge).
19 Αυγ 2001 · Worksheet 1: Sources, origins and properties Task 1 A European company that designs and manufactures wooden kit houses like the one below has asked you to source materials for the construction of similar houses in the UK. All materials must be sustainably sourced and be either recyclable or made of recycled materials.
Wood is an organic material, produced by a large number of woody plants and quite variable in properties. In fact, the term "wood is not much more definitive than the term "metal." Many species with differ- ing characteristics are used in construction for many purposes.
Timber frame is a modern method of construction (MMC) – using standardised, prefabricated timber wall panels and floors commonly in use in many developed countries – which bears no relation to its Tudor ‘post and beam’ namesake. Nor does it bear much relation to the form of softwood framing common in the 19th and first half of the 20th ...
