{"id":5709,"date":"2024-02-28T15:56:21","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T04:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/?p=5709"},"modified":"2024-10-21T20:19:53","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T10:19:53","slug":"could-timber-hold-the-key-to-australias-stadium-dilemma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/could-timber-hold-the-key-to-australias-stadium-dilemma\/","title":{"rendered":"Could Timber Hold the Key to Australia’s Stadium Dilemma?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It is on brand. It will drive investment in timber manufacturing, embed carbon, and capture the public\u2019s imagination \u2026 but could Brisbane’s new Olympic Stadium and Tasmania\u2019s AFL stadium be built using timber?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That was the question ABC Radio Hobart Mornings host Leon Compton posed to University of Tasmania\u2019s School of Architecture and Design Professor Greg Nolan last year <\/a>\u2013 an expert in timber design and construction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Listen to the full interview<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

According to Professor Nolan, the answer is \u2018yes\u2019, but with caveats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou can build a timber-rich stadium, which means you use timber where it is best suited.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Multi-storey structures have ground floors laid in concrete and steel, with timber on the upper floors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat has evolved over time is for the lower floors to have concrete structures, and then from that, you spring up wood from above.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This timber has a spanning capacity that is economically suited. Same with concrete. So you build the first floors to suit the car parking and make a platform to go up with timber from that point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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