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Timber and Timber Components

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Building Maintenance Technology

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Timbers used commercially are divided into softwoods and hardwoods. Softwoods are obtained from cone-bearing trees with needle-like leaves, for example, pine, fir or kauri. Hardwoods such as birch, teak or meranti are obtained from broad-leaved trees.

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  1. Building Department, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore

    Lee How Son & George C. S. Yuen

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Son, L.H., Yuen, G.C.S. (1993). Timber and Timber Components. In: Building Maintenance Technology. Macmillan Building and Surveying Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-23150-8_8

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