Industrialization of Dowel Laminated Timber for Building Construction

Project Member(s): Ahmadian Fard Fini, A., Wong, K., Mortazavi, M.

Funding or Partner Organisation: Department of Industry, Innovation and Science (Cooperative Research Centre - Projects CRC-P)
Department of Industry, Innovation and Science (Cooperative Research Centre - Projects CRC-P)

Start year: 2024

Summary: This project will establish an advance manufacturing facility for production of dowel laminated timber (DLT) panels for building construction. It will leverage our six years of state-of-the-art research on converting low grade wood and timber off cuts to structural grade DLT panels. The project’s five key activities include image-based pre-processing of timber feedstock, autonomous DLT panelisation, certification of DLT products and engineering methods, digitisation of design and costing, and training. These will lead to development of novel hardware, software, guides, and domestic capabilities for a unique DLT factory, amplifying sustainability in timber and building industry and promoting the project collaborators for national and global impact.

FOR Codes: Automation and technology in building and construction , Building information modelling and management, Timber engineering, Manufacturing processes and technologies (excl. textiles), Timber materials, Commercial construction design, Residential construction design, Environmentally sustainable construction activities not elsewhere classified

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.