News Archives 2006

DBH announce new standards to come into force on 1 April 2007

14 September 2006

The Department of Building and Housing announced today that Amendment 4 to NZS3603 and Amendment 2 to NZS3604 will come into force on 1 April 2007. Copy and paste the link into your browser to view... Read on

Structural Timber Update

26 July 2006

There have recently been a number of changes to structural timber grading methods and grades. We are currently in a transition period between the existing system and a new one. There is currently a... Read on

Amendment 2 to NZS3604 published by Standards NZ

06 June 2006

Amendment 2 resulting from changes to timber grades in NZS3603 has been published and appended to NZS3604:1999. The amendment provides design solutions for the new timber grades, MSG6, MSG8/VSG8/G8,... Read on

Verified Timber Promotions

03 May 2006

Over the last few weeks we have been travelling the country in conjunction with Woodmark treated timber promoting the Verified Timber programme and trademark. We have held a couple of builders... Read on