“L” Brackets – Best Method of Restraining tops of Internal Walls

In a recent audit of north Queensland building sites, the Queensland Building and Construction Commission (QBCC)  identified quite a few builders restraining the tops of internal timber walls by firing framing nails into metal ceiling battens installed onto the underside of roof truss bottom chords. This is a non-compliant building practice as it is not in accordance with Australian Standards AS1684 or AS4440. The QBCC revealed that this non-compliant method is widespread. However, when construction work of this nature is found, contractors are obliged to rectify construction and bring into conformity with Australian Standards [...]

By |2017-10-18T18:17:20+10:00November 1st, 2016|Categories: Commercial, Good Building Practice, Residential, Technical|Tags: , , |

Gold Coast Building Design & Drafting Services

Andre Melville Building Design & Drafting Services Well, this is the first Blog for Andre Melville Building Design & Drafting Services, we also like to call our self’s AMBD for short, as you can imagine saying the company name every time you answer the phone feels like it sometimes takes forever. AMBD (Andre Melville Building Design & Drafting Services) is a small residential, commercial and industrial Building Designer & Drafting firm specializing in Building Design & Drafting services on the Gold Coast, from small renovations to large commercial [...]

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