All Outputs (5)

Manufacturing A Biogenic Built Environment (2022)
Book Chapter
Hairstans, R. Manufacturing A Biogenic Built Environment. In Timber Industry Yearbook 2022 (77-81). Buckinghamshire: BM TRADA

Robert Hairstans discusses the Biogenic Built Environment Framework: collaborative projects where research, innovation, commercialisation and education work in concert.

Core off-site manufacture industry drivers. (2019)
Book Chapter
Hairstans, R., & Duncheva, T. (2019). Core off-site manufacture industry drivers. In J. S. Goulding, & F. P. Rahimian (Eds.), Offsite Production and Manufacturing for Innovative Construction: People, Process and Technology. Taylor & Francis

The manufacture and pre-assembly of components, elements or modules offsite before installation into their final location are evident throughout construction history. Medieval carpenters’ pre-manufacturing the frames of buildings in their yards to en... Read More about Core off-site manufacture industry drivers..

A Scottish perspective on timber offsite construction (2017)
Book Chapter
Hairstans, R., & Sanna, F. (2017). A Scottish perspective on timber offsite construction. In Offsite Architecture: Constructing the future. Routledge

This Chapter exemplifies the recent advancements in Scottish offsite construction through the research work carried out at the Centre for Offsite Construction + Innovative Structures (COCIS) at Edinburgh Napier University, Institute for Sustainable C... Read More about A Scottish perspective on timber offsite construction.

Taking timber beyond traditional boundaries. (2016)
Book Chapter
Hairstans, R. (2016). Taking timber beyond traditional boundaries. In TRADA timber industry yearbook 2016. High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire: Exova BM TRADA

Timber is a natural, hygroscopic, anisotropic material that must be properly understood if it is to be used efficiently within the built environment. With good silvicultural practices timber can be sourced responsibly and converted (with relatively l... Read More about Taking timber beyond traditional boundaries..

Sole plate fixing details for modern methods of timber construction. (2014)
Book Chapter
Menendez, J., Leitch, K., & Hairstans, R. (2014). Sole plate fixing details for modern methods of timber construction. In S. Aicher, H. W. Reinhardt, & H. Garrecht (Eds.), Materials and joints in timber structures: recent development of technologies (109-

In order to resist lateral loads, modern methods of timber construction are reliant on the in-plane shear strength of the walls orientated parallel to the applied action. In closed panel systems, the shear stresses are transferred to the foundations... Read More about Sole plate fixing details for modern methods of timber construction..