TIMBER SKYSCRAPERS, HYBRID
CONSTRUCTION AND MORE AT TIMBER EXPO
Timber Expo has just announced details
of its comprehensive seminar schedule
headed up by TRADA (the Timber
Research and Development Association).
As part of the award winning UK
Construction Week, the show’s content
will tackle the biggest challenges faced
by the timber industry.
Leading industry association TRADA will
coordinate the Timber Focus Theatre,
providing three days (18 – 20 Oc tober) of
insightful seminar sessions across a broad
spectrum of industry trends and issues.
With opportunities for the audience
to join the debate, the programme
offers a unique chance to converse with
influential speakers from across the
timber industry.
Day one of the seminar
schedule will focus on pushing
the boundaries of what is
possible with timber and will
be chaired by David Hopkins,
Managing Director of the
Timber Trade Federation
(TTF). Topics will include
building timber skyscrapers,
innovation and growing the
timber market with speakers
such as Michael Ramage,
Senior University Lecturer in
architectural engineering at
Cambridge University and Jon
Shanks, Associate Structural
Engineer, Buro Happold and
Visiting Research Fellow at the University
of Bath.
Day two will tackle the challenges
of making it easier to specify timber.
Panellists will discuss the introduction of
TRADA’s new Timber Pre-Scheme Manual,
how the UK’s National Structural Timber
The final day of seminars will explore
the possibilities of hybrid construction
from both an engineer’s, architect’s and
CLT supplier’s perspective. Speakers
from Buro Happold engineers, Bennett’s
architects and KLH will draw on case
studies to bring out their key points.
The other topic covered on the third day
is a look at the continuing innovation
for structural timber frames and UK
manufacturing with speakers including
Alex Cook, Technical Project Coordinator
at Barratt Developments PLC, Alastair
Parvin, Co-founder of WikiHouse
Foundation, Calum Murray, Director at
CCG (Scotland) Ltd and Alex Goodfellow,
Managing Director of Stewart Milne
Timber Systems.
Rupert Scott, Membership and Marketing
Manager at TRADA, commented: “With
so much change going on around us –
both innovation from the industry and
at a wider macro-economic level – the
Timber Expo seminar programme will be
invaluable for taking time out to think
and digest what this all means for your
business.”
Nathan Garnett, Event Director for
Timber Expo, added: “With the increasing
demand for sustainable building
methods at a faster rate of completion,
the timber industry is set to see record
growth over the next few years. How
then can the industry position itself best
to capitalise on this opportunity and
promote the many benefits of timber in
construction? This year’s Timber Expo
is here to do just that and I’m confident
that the seminar content that TRADA
has so diligently put together will offer
real value and deliver strategy
for the future of this sector.
Importantly, the show also
represents the first major event
following the decision to leave
the EU and as such will play
a role in settling any nerves
within the sector.”
In addition to the Timber Focus
Theatre there will also be a
Timber Flooring Workshop. In
conjunction with the Flooring
Industry Training Association,
top master fitters will create
informative presentations
covering products from all
areas of contact flooring, including
wood, carpet, vinyl, laminate, tools and
accessories. There will also be a dedicated
Offsite Zone that will straddle both
the Build Show and Timber Expo. This
section will be an exciting hub for one
of the most talked about topics in the
construction industry.
For more information, booking
enquiries and to register for free please
visit www.timber-expo.co.uk or follow
@TimberExpo on Twitter.
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In the afternoon the focus turns to skills.
Led by David Campbell, Membership
and Training Director at the British
Woodworking Federation (BWF), the
session will look at how the industry can
attract and keep new recruits.
Specification (NSTS) has helped get
timber specifications right for major subcontractors and what the industry can do
to make it easier to specify timber. The
second day will also look at timber’s role
in the custom and self build market with
Richard Bacon, MP for South Norfolk and
instigator of the ‘Right to Build’ Act, which
has radically changed the commercial
landscape in this sector, joining the
speaker line up.