Hyspan: CHH's LVL beam brand
Hyspan is Carter Holt Harvey's LVL brand, the volume residential LVL beam in Australia. See LVL beams for the engineered product and how it spans.
Ask Chalkline about this →Hyspan is Carter Holt Harvey’s (CHH) LVL beam brand, the volume LVL product used in Australian residential framing. It is sold in the standard residential LVL section sizes for bearers, lintels, ridge beams, and floor beams, and is one of two or three brand names a builder will see on the engineer’s spec for an LVL member.
What it actually is
The brand is the wrapper; the engineered product is Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL), a manufactured beam made from rotary-peeled veneers bonded with structural adhesive and oriented for high stiffness along the beam’s length. Hyspan sits inside the broader engineered timber products family alongside LVL from other manufacturers (Tilling, Wesbeam, Meyer Timber).
The full picture (typical sizes, stress grades, modulus of elasticity, design under AS 1684, why LVL beats sawn timber on long spans) lives in the canonical article: LVL beams.
Why the brand matters
Two practical points for the builder:
- The engineer designs to a specific LVL product, not generic LVL. Hyspan and competitor LVLs are not always interchangeable on the same design without an engineering check; the section modulus and stress grade can differ slightly between brands. If the drawings say “Hyspan”, supply Hyspan.
- Keep the supplier docket. The CHH-stamped beam delivered to site is the proof that the right product was installed, which matters at frame inspection and again at any future structural query.
Hyspan products are designed and used under AS 1684 residential timber-framed construction (the deemed-to-satisfy standard called up by NCC 2022 Volume Two) and the matching engineer’s specification.
Also known as: Hyspan, CHH Hyspan, Hyspan LVL.
Category: Framing / engineered timber brands
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Last updated: 2026-05-29. Verified: 2026-05-29. Quarterly review for currency.