Join our timber experts for our popular timber webinar series.
WHAT WILL I LEARN?
We have webinars with refreshed content and additional deep dives into strength grading, modified woods, plywood and other panel products. Our webinars are pitched at all levels. They will be presented by technical experts but aimed at all levels of knowledge. Learn about how timber and its uses within the Built Environment.
Timber Frame series – two webinars
Technical Timber series – three webinars
Fundamentals of Timber series – four webinars
CLT SERIES
Thursday, 21 September 2023 · 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM BST
Part 2 – Achieving durability with CLT: Designing for durability with Nick Clifford, Senior Timber Technical Consultant
- History and current status
- High risk zones and details
- Remedial works
- Moisture monitoring
- Specification changes for using CLT
TIMBER FRAME SERIES
THURSDAY, 23 FEBRUARY 2023 · COMPLETE
THURSDAY, 16 MARCH 2023 · COMPLETE
Thursday, 28 September 2023 · 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM BST
Right on site: Key timber frame details with Robin Lancashire, Senior Timber Frame Consultant
- Sole plates
- External wall cavities
- Differential movement
Thursday, 12 October 2023 · 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM BST
Moisture management in timber frame design and construction with Robin Lancashire, Senior Timber Frame Consultant
- The 4 D’s of wall design
- Avoiding trapped construction moisture
- Details to reducing decay risk in use
TECHNICAL TIMBER SERIES
THURSDAY, 27 APRIL 2023 · COMPLETE
THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2023 · COMPLETE
THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2023 · 11:00AM – COMPLETE
FUNDAMENTALS OF TIMBER SERIES
THURSDAY, 2 NOVEMBER 2023 · 11:00AM – 1:00PM BST
From trees to timber with Ben Sharples, Commercial Lead – Timber Services
- The versatility of wood and its limitations
- Considerations when using timber in a wide range of applications and environments
- Choice of species through to correctly detailing for the end use
- What a tree is and how its growth strategies affect its properties
- Basic cell structure
- Nomenclature and classification
- What is in a name?
THURSDAY, 16 NOVEMBER 2023 · 11:00AM – 1:00PM GMT
Quality and properties of timber with Dr Andy Pitman, Principal Technical Consultant
- Variability of timber
- Appearance – grain, texture, figure
- Density, reaction wood, juvenile wood, heartwood and sapwood
- How these all affect timber properties
- Timber and wood characteristics
- Timber as a structural product
- Toxicity, chemical reaction and corrosive properties in conjunction with other materials
- What is meant by 'Quality of timber'
- Difference between appearance, visual and strength grading
- Features assessed for grading purposes and how to measure them
- General principle of grading rules
- Explanation of commercial grading rules
- Strength grading and strength classes.
THURSDAY, 30 NOVEMBER 2023 · 11:00AM – 1:00PM GMT
Moisture in timber with Adam Moring, Timber Technical Consultant
- The most important timber issue to understand
- Green timber and seasoned timber
- Understanding the amount of water in timber
- Equilibrium Moisture Content (EMC) and Fibre Saturation Point (FSP)
- The meaning of 12% moisture content
- Why and how the moisture content of timber changes
- Drying of timber and good methods of storing timber
- Shrinkage and movement: are they the same?
- How much timber shrinks and how this occurs
- Shrinkage and swelling in the different planes of timber
- Movement classifications and determining the amount of shrinkage
- How we can accommodate shrinkage and swelling
- Introduction to Use Classes and in-service moisture contents.
THURSDAY, 14 DECEMBER 2023 · 11:00AM – 1:00PM GMT
- Protecting timber with Dr Andy Pitman, Principal Technical Consultant
- Natural durability to fungi, insects and marine borers
- Types of insect and marine borers
- Natural durability classes and service life
- Wood preservation – when to specify and how
- How the length of desired service life is achieved
- The need for coatings
- Weathering of timber
- Types of coatings, including paints, varnishes, stains, floor and deck finishes
- Common faults and how to avoid them.