I am building a house in Nepal and am trying to extrapolate the mechanical properties of the local pine species - Pinus wallichiana. Does anyone have information on how this compares to North American timber? Douglas fir, Sitka spruce, Southern yellow pine??? I can't find any data on the internet but I believe there should be some information in books or journals on this species. I am looking for compressive strength, modulus of elasticity, maximum allowable shear, and maximum allowable fiber stress in bending.