International award for NZ timber seismic designFriday 25 Nov 2011 The Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology and Arts (NMIT) building’s sustainable timber seismic design was announced as a winner at The Institution of Structural Engineers UK’s Structural Awards 2011 ceremony held in London on 18 November. Winning the Education / Healthcare Structures category in these prestigious international awards positions Aurecon amongst the world’s most talented structural designers and acknowledges its indispensable contribution to the built environment.Aurecon’s highly innovative "all timber" building design has a seismic bracing system which is a world first application of rocking LVL shear walls based on PRESSS technology. The building also employs several new timber structural systems for floors, beams and columns that truly demonstrate the ability of structural timber for use in multi storey construction. All structural timber components were grown, milled, manufactured and erected within an 80km radius of Nelson. More >>
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