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SEMINAR - USE OF HOME GROWN TIMBER IN CONSTRUCTION
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Forestry Commission Scotland and Wood for Good are co-promoting three afternoon seminars intended to cover a spectrum that ranges from the carbon benefits ensuing from making greater use of timber in construction, through current and pending legislative changes to the actual specification and procurement of home grown timber, the latter with examples from companies that have found strong commercial advantage in making full use of home-grown timber in their products.
The three Forestry Commission Scotland/Wood for Good seminars carry CPD endorsement and certification provided by Edinburgh Napier University’s Forest Products Research Institute.
Seminar #3: Use of Home Grown Timber in Construction
Recent years have seen far more emphasis not only on using timber in construction in the UK, but on how more effective use of the timber resource we have in this country might be made. With more than 80% of the timber used in the UK coming from imported sources, the need to make more use of home-grown material in these environmentally-conscious times is self-evident, yet many myths and misconceptions about timber properties and availability exist.
This seminar aims to provide sound information on the properties of home-grown timber and on how to specify and procure appropriate species. The experiences of two timber manufacturing companies in Scotland that have found financial and marketing benefits from following this route will provide positive case studies. The seminar will also preview ‘Designing the Timber Façade’ a soon-to-be-published major new resource on the design and specification of external timber cladding based on several years of investigation, testing and design detail development carried out by Edinburgh Napier University’s Forest Products Research Institute.
Speakers:
Dr, John Moore, Forest Products Research Institute, Edinburgh Napier University
Malcolm Thompson, Deeside Timber Frame Ltd
Jim Paterson, Alexanders Timber Design
Ivor Davies, Products Research Institute, Edinburgh Napier University
Booking
Attendance at the seminars is included in the price of your Expo ticket. To ensure your place at any of these three seminars, please contact Peter Wilson by email: pr.wilson@napier.ac.uk or telephone: 0131 455 2272 stating which seminar/date you wish to attend.
