Background & Guidance: AS/NZS 1748 Series 2011

This document (incl AS/NZS 4490:2011) provides background and guidance to support the use of the following suite of Australian/New Zealand Standards:

• AS/NZS 1748.1:2011 Timber – Solid – Stress-graded for structural purposes, Part 1: General requirements
• AS/NZS 1748.2:2011 Timber – Solid – Stress-graded for structural purposes, Part 2: Qualification of grading method
• AS/NZS 4490:2011 Timber – Solid – Stress-graded for structural purposes – Verification of properties

These standards enable the stress-grading of structural timber using any grading method (e.g. visual, mechanical) and relies on a number of principles for proving the performance of the stress-graded structural product.

Access the background and guidance document via this link.