Timber Design Guide : 2021 Reprint

The Guide, then known as the Timber Use Manual, was first published by the New Zealand Timber Industry Federation in 1987 in a loose leaf binder format. It was edited by Dr Andy Buchanan who was at the time working as consulting engineer.The first edition of the Guide, a development of the Manual, waspublished in 1999. It was again edited by Dr Buchanan who, by then, had moved to the Department of Civil Engineering at theUniversity of Canterbury. The first edition also became available in CD format. A second edition of the Guide was published in 2002 with a third edition published in 2007. Since 2007 the Guide has been reprinted several times to incorporate a number of clarifications,updates and corrections.

The Timber Design Guide comprises 29 chapters covering all aspects of the use of timber and wood products in the constructionof large buildings.