Previous seminars

In this seminar series we’re diving deep into design and construction options that will enable residential buildings to perform better in the face of long-period intense rainfall, surface flooding, high winds, increasing temperatures, and more.

With the insatiable demand for housing and the Medium-Density Residential Standards (MDRS) being adopted in many areas, medium-density housing is forming a significant part of our urban landscape. This seminar will be invaluable in helping you prepare for our MDH future.

This BRANZ Answers seminar gives answers to a wide range of practical questions relating to new ways of doing things in the residential building and construction industry. We cover new types of buildings, new types of products and systems, new ways to increase the performance of buildings, and various regulatory changes.

This seminar provides an overview of roof and wall assemblies with a focus on walls and the installation requirements and performance of the current commonly used wall cladding systems.

This seminar travels along the path of timber as it is prepared for a career in the building industry. Starting off in the forest, we will explore the influences on the timber as it grows and how this will impact on its properties as sawn timber. Once felled, the timber starts its processing journey where it is again subject to many influences.

Once in its sawn forms, framing and wall cladding, we will then traverse the treatment options for the end use, drying, storage (during transport and on site), installation and post-installation care. For timber weatherboard claddings, we will cover the requirements for a good installation including storage and transport, defects, suitable species, treatment, applicable codes and standards, installation and fixing, as well as appropriate coatings for the treatment and finally maintenance.

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This seminar takes a back-to-basics approach to bracing taking you through the steps that need to be addressed using examples to calculate the bracing required for framed walls.

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This seminar aims to give you the answers to a wide range of practical questions. The topics covered range from the requirements for fencing of swimming pools to specific topics including:

• concrete slab design and construction: free joints, shrinkage control joints, floor tile movement control joints, reinforcing steel cover, edge distances, slab moisture contents, screw bolt installation
• flashings:  proprietary flashings and large roof flashings
• access: level entries, stair design 
• building exterior: timber finishes, timber profiles
• verandas and sunshades: uplift, fixings/connections, bracing 
• corrosion: protection to structural steel, dissimilar metals
• compliance: notices to fix, certificates of acceptance, outbuilding exemptions, acoustic wall principles
• innovation: prefabrication/panellisation, CLT, LVL.

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This seminar provides information on design, specification and installation of current roof membrane systems.

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This seminar provides designers and installers with a practical understanding of how to ensure non-structural systems in buildings are seismically resilient.

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This seminar provides an insight into how BRANZ research priorities are determined as well completed research, research for coming year, National Science Challenges and overseas research.

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