Following on from the author’s recently completed doctorial research investigating Scandinavian industrially produced engineered construction methodologies and their potential application in Australia, this paper reports on the research and development of a hybridised nail laminated 3 ply CLT and OSB wall panel with a cavity through the design and construction of a prototype commercial building for Western Australia’s largest soft wood timber processor, Wespine.
Findings resulting from the author’s doctorial research and research undertaken for New Zealand research consortium, Solid Wood Innovation, demonstrated the potential for rough sawn multi-grade Radiata pine to be used as a structural material with the capacity to be used in developments of five and six storeys when laminated via a simple gun nailing lamination process. This paper introduces new developments on this concept through the hybridisation of a two ply cross laminated panel with OSB bracing to create a rigid modular wall element suitable for a range of building types.