Summary of selected timber research projects presented at: World Conference on Timber Engineering 2016
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This document summarises a number of the papers presented that are of most interest to members.
The World Conference on Timber Engineering 2016 was a major event for structural timber research and development. This Research Summary discusses a selection of the presentations, covering topics such as: -Product innovation
-Structural use of hardwoods
-Use of timber in Japan
-System build
-Building performance, and
-Engineering problems.
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