Existing Structures - Timber Structures: SIA 269/5:2011 Construction
Existing Structures - Timber Structures: SIA 269/5:2011 Construction
Existing Structures - Timber Structures: SIA 269/5:2011 Construction
269/5
Reference number Published by
SN 505269 /5:2011 en Swiss Society of Engineers
and Architects
Valid from: 2011-01-01 P.O. Box, CH-8027 Zurich
The SIA assumes no liability for any damages which might be caused through the application of this publication.
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Foreword .................................................... 4
0 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
0.1 Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
0.2 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
0.3 Deviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1 Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.1 Technical terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.2 Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2 Principles ........................................ 9
3 Construction materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3.2 Properties and examination values . . . . . . 10
5 Condition survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
5.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
5.2 Condition of the structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
5.3 Condition of the structural members . . . . 13
5.4 Condition of the joints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
7 Interventions ................................... 15
Appendix
Code SIA 269/5 describes the procedures to be followed in the preservation of timber structures and is directed at spe-
cialists in the preservation of structures as well as owners of structures and specialists involved in construction manage-
ment and the execution of construction work.
Code SIA 269/5 forms part of the SIA’s structural codes relating to the preservation of structures and is supplemented
by the following codes:
– Code SIA 269 Existing structures – Bases for examination and interventions
– Code SIA 269/1 Existing structures – Actions
– Code SIA 269/2 Existing structures – Concrete structures
– Code SIA 269/3 Existing structures – Steel structures
– Code SIA 269/4 Existing structures – Composite steel and concrete structures
– Code SIA 269/6 Existing structures – Masonry structures
– Code SIA 269/7 Existing structures – Geotechnics.
Technical Specification SIA 2018 continues to apply to the examination of existing buildings with respect to earthquakes.
However, it is planned to supplement the codes for existing structures with a Code SIA 269/8 Existing structures –
Seismic aspects.
Code SIA 269/5 governs the aspects of the preservation of timber structures that are not covered in Codes SIA 265 and
265/1.
Codes SIA 269 Project Management Team and Working Group SIA 269/5
Dr. Paul Lüchinger, dipl. Ing. ETH, Zurich (chairman) Hans Banholzer, Holzbau-Ing., Rothenburg
Prof. Dr. Eugen Brühwiler, dipl. Ing. ETH, Lausanne (chairman)
Thomas P. Lang, dipl. Ing. ETH, Berne Christoph Fuhrmann, dipl. Ing. HTL, Schwanden-
Prof. Thomas Vogel, dipl. Ing. ETH, Zurich Brienz
Dr. Silvio Pizio, dipl. Ing. ETH, Wolfhalden
The SIA’s central committee for codes and regulations approved the present Code SIA 269/5 on 23rd November 2010.
All rights are reserved, including the right to print extracts, partial or full reproduction (photocopy, microcopy, CD-ROM,
etc.), storage in data processing systems and translation.
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