Timber Construction Regulations in Brazil: A Perspective from Its National Industry of Timber Houses
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Timber Construction in Brazil: Sectoral Mapping, Sampling, and Statistical Surveying
3.2. First and Second Queries: Relations and Categories about Construction Regulation in Use
3.3. Third and Fourth Queries: Specificities about Construction Regulation in Use
3.4. Fifth and Sixth Queries: Prospects for Future Uses of Construction Regulations
3.5. Final Considerations
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Approach by Elements | Country | Standard Document | Source |
---|---|---|---|
Structural posts and beams | Brazil | ABNT NBR 7190 | [29] |
Structural posts and beams | Denmark | DS 413 | [30] |
Structural posts and beams | Europe | EN 1995-1-1 | [31] |
Structural posts and beams | World | ISO/TR 18267 | [32] |
Structural sawn elements | World | ISO 16598 | [33] |
Structural sawn elements | England | BS EN 5268-2 | [34] |
Posts, beams, and framing | Australia | AS 1720.1 | [35] |
Posts, beams, and framing | Canada | CSA O86-14 | [36] |
Posts, beams, and framing | Ecuador | NEC-SE-MD | [37] |
Posts, beams, and framing | Ireland | IS 440:2009+A1 | [38] |
Posts, beams, and framing | New Zealand | NZS 3604 | [39] |
Posts, beams, and framing | China | GB 50005 | [40] |
Approach by Technique | Country | Standard Document | Source |
---|---|---|---|
CLT-based modular buildings | England | BS EN 16351 | [41] |
CLT-based modular buildings | United States | ANSI/APA PRG 320 | [42] |
CLT-based modular buildings | Japan | JAS 3079 | [43] |
CLT-based modular buildings | South Africa | SANS 8892 | [44] |
Heavy timber buildings | United States | AFPA/AWC WCD5 | [45] |
Plank-and-beam buildings | United States | AFPA/AWC WCD4 | [46] |
Panelized timber frame | Denmark | DS/EN 594 | [47] |
Wood-frame buildings | Australia | AS 1684.1 | [48] |
Wood-frame buildings | Brazil | NBR 16936 | [49] |
Wood-frame buildings | United States | AFPA/AWC WCD1 | [50] |
Approach of Guideline | Country | Organization | Source |
---|---|---|---|
High performance buildings | United States | City of New York | [51] |
Mass timber design | Canada | Structurlam | [52] |
CLT processing and assembling | Austria | Binderholz | [53] |
Timber service life design | Australia | Wood Solutions | [54] |
Timber buildings | New Zealand | MBIE | [55] |
Certification | Type | Organization | Source |
---|---|---|---|
Forest inventory | Evaluation | Independent professionals | [56] |
Reforestation license | Licensing | National government agency | [57] |
Native license | Licensing | National government agency | [57] |
Technical certification | Certification | National private institutes | [58] |
DATEC/SiNAT document | Evaluation | National public government | [59] |
Treated timber | Seal | National private association | [60] |
FSC | Seal | International private council | [61] |
CERFLOR | Seal | National public government | [61] |
AQUA | Seal | International private institute | [62] |
LEED | Seal | International private institute | [63] |
Goal | Sector | Citation |
---|---|---|
Economic and legal mechanisms for construction | Housing | [64] |
Compliance with health and safety | Housing | [65] |
Effects of noncompliance with health and safety | Construction | [66] |
Encoding sets of construction regulations | Construction | [67] |
Regulations in old Athens, Greece | Construction | [68] |
Impact of state on construction regulations | Public schools | [69] |
Hazards and measures in the subway alignment | Metro expansion | [70] |
Measures from public procurement regulation | Architecture quality | [71] |
Modeling through regulation constraints | Construction quality | [72] |
Deep learning of constraints from regulations | Construction | [73] |
Construction regulation and management formation | Engineering course | [74] |
Hygienic regulation through physical factors | Construction sites | [75] |
Legislative regulation and fundamentals | Construction laws | [76] |
Construction regulation case | Smart urbanism | [77] |
Technical–economic analysis of new regulations | Green construction | [78] |
Query | Alternative |
---|---|
| Yes; No |
| Management models; Production practices; Individual standards; Building guidelines |
| Yes; No |
| Technical certification; Technical standards; FSC seal; AQUA seal; LEED seal; CERFLOR seal |
| Yes; No |
| (free answer) |
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De Araujo, V.; Vasconcelos, J.; Morales, E.; Barbosa, J.; Gava, M.; Faustino, E.; Santos, H.; Arroyo, F.; Serra, S.; Paliari, J.; et al. Timber Construction Regulations in Brazil: A Perspective from Its National Industry of Timber Houses. Buildings 2023, 13, 2136. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13092136
De Araujo V, Vasconcelos J, Morales E, Barbosa J, Gava M, Faustino E, Santos H, Arroyo F, Serra S, Paliari J, et al. Timber Construction Regulations in Brazil: A Perspective from Its National Industry of Timber Houses. Buildings. 2023; 13(9):2136. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13092136
Chicago/Turabian StyleDe Araujo, Victor, Juliano Vasconcelos, Elen Morales, Juliana Barbosa, Maristela Gava, Emerson Faustino, Herisson Santos, Felipe Arroyo, Sheyla Serra, José Paliari, and et al. 2023. "Timber Construction Regulations in Brazil: A Perspective from Its National Industry of Timber Houses" Buildings 13, no. 9: 2136. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13092136