Fred Moshiri
The Timber Development Association (TDA) has welcomed a new staff member, Fred Moshiri, a structural engineer with a background in timber structural design in Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Source: Timberbiz
“TDA’s workload has grown rapidly recently as massive timbers are increasingly being specified and used to build the structures of Australian apartments as well as office buildings and a range of other non-residential buildings,” said Andrew Dunn, CEO of TDA.
“Fred’s expertise will be an invaluable addition to TDA’s services to the timber industry and the Australian building design and construction industry.”
Mr Moshiri will also be helping with organisation and delivery of technical seminars to structural engineers via the WoodSolutions program throughout New South Wales, ACT and South Australia.
He has a civil engineering degree as well as a Masters degree in timber engineering from the Linnaeus University, Sweden.
Mr Moshiri has more than five years of experience in design and construction management of projects with exposure to analysis, design and project planning of reinforced concrete, steel and timber buildings.
In 2010, he migrated to Australia to undertake a PhD at the University of Technology, Sydney, under the supervision of internationally recognised timber engineer Professor Keith Crews.
His PhD, funded by the Structural Timber Innovation Company, focused on the structural behaviour of timber concrete composite connections and floors to enable timber composite floor to compete more effectively in the building and construction market.
At UTS he was involved in research on timber, timber-concrete composites and engineering education.
He is the author of more than 12 technical journals and conference papers in the fields of structural engineering and engineering education and is a reviewer for the Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture in the United States.
He is a member of Engineers Australia and a member of American Society of Civil Engineers and American Concrete Institution Committee 335, composite structure.
