CODE OF PRACTICE FOR STRUCTURAL USE OF TIMBER : PART 1 : GENERAL (FIRST REVISION)
This Part of Malaysian Standard MS 544 provides guidance on the structural use of timber, glued laminated timber and timber-based products, in load bearing members. It includes recommendations on quality, grade stresses and modification factors applicable to these materials when use as simple members, or as parts of built-up components, or as parts of structures in incorporating other materials. It also gives recommendations for the design of nailed, screwed, bolted, connectored and glued joints. In addition, it provides recommendations for a method of test to assess the adequacy of structural assemblies, and it includes general advice on workmanship, various treatments which can be applied, inspection and maintenance.
It does not, and it is not intended to, deal comprehensively with all aspects of timber
construction. In particular it does not cover well tried and traditional methods of timber construction which have been employed successfully over a long period of time.
