A Critical Canonical Survey of Timber Buildings

The Joseph William Gottstein Memorial trust Fund was established in 1971 as a national educational Trust for the benefit of Australia's forest products industries. The purpose of the fund is to create opportunities for selected persons to acquire knowledge which will promote the interests of Australian industries which use forest products for the production of sawn timber, plywood, composite wood, pulp and paper and similar derived products. " Bill Gottstein was an outstanding forest products research scientist working with the Division of Forest Products of the Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) when tragically he was killed in 1971 photographing a tree felling operation in New Guinea. He was held in such high esteem by the industry that he had assisted for many years that substantial financial support to establish an Educational Trust Fund to perpetuate his name was promptly forthcoming. The Trust's major forms of activity are, 1. Fellowships-each year applicants are invited from eligible candidates to submit a study program in an area considered to be of benefit to the Australian forestry and forest industries. Study tours undertaken by Fellows have usually been to overseas countries but several have been within Australia. Fellows are obliged to submit reports on completion of their program. These are then distributed to industry if appropriate. 2. Seminars-the information gained by Fellows is often best disseminated by seminars as well as through the written reports. 3. Wood Science Courses-at approximately two yearly intervals the Trust organises a week long intensive course in wood science for executives and consultants in the Australian forest industries. 4. Study Tours-industry group study tours are arranged periodically and have been well supported. The information contained in this report is published for the general information of industry. Although all reasonable endeavour has been made to verify the accuracy of the material no liability is accepted by the Author for any inaccuracy therein nor by the Trustees of the Gottstein Memorial Trust Fund. The opinions expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the Trustees. Copyright @ Trustees of the J.W. Gottstein Memorial Trust Fund 1994. All rights; reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of the Trustees.