Ceiling Framing for Data Centres: A Guide for Heavy-Load Environments

Technical Guides

Ceiling framing for data centres requires a different approach to standard commercial ceiling systems, with higher load capacities, greater service integration, and stricter performance requirements. Rather than simply supporting ceiling tiles and lighting, ceiling framing often needs to accommodate complex service coordination, heavy cable infrastructure, containment systems, and mechanical services. Whether you’re designing a new…

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Seismic Design in Australia

Industry Insights

Seismic design is often treated as a structural consideration alone. In practice, it influences how commercial interiors are specified, coordinated, and certified across the entire project lifecycle. For suspended ceilings and partition systems, seismic compliance sits within the broader responsibility of delivering safe, resilient environments that perform as intended under lateral movement. Australia’s compliance framework…

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Building Importance Level: What It Means for Seismic Design in Australia

Seismic Engineering

Building importance level is one of the first details that shapes seismic design in Australia. It defines how a building is expected to perform during and after a seismic event and it directly influences the design obligations for suspended ceilings, partitions, framing systems, and other non-structural elements. For commercial projects, this classification is more than…

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A guide to decorative acoustic panels 

Acoustic panels, Architectural

Decorative acoustic panels sit comfortably alongside premium interior specifications, with finish options, NRC ratings, and substrate configurations that give you acoustic performance and design flexibility without compromising the brief. The challenge is knowing how to specify them correctly. We have developed this guide to assist you when it comes time to specify decorative acoustic panels.  Ready to…

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Studco steel stud framing: a specification guide for commercial projects 

Steel Stud and Track, Studco

If you’re specifying or procuring framing systems for a commercial project, you already know the basics. What you need is something more useful: clear, system-level information about Studco’s stud and track range so you can make a confident procurement or specification decision without unnecessary back-and-forth.  This guide covers Studco’s complete steel stud framing portfolio, including application matching across the industries.  Ceilings By Design…

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A guide to the Autex Acoustics product range 

Studco

Acoustic performance and interior design have not always made easy partners. For much of commercial fit out history, acoustic performance often outweighed aesthetics—foam wedges, fibreglass batts behind fabric frames, and mineral fibre tiles in utilitarian grids.  The idea that a product could absorb sound well and look like it belonged in a considered interior was, for a…

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