Events (42)

Making Gridshells
Oct 31, 2016

Location Sheffield, UK

Description Situated at Sheffield’s Hallam Square, Sheffield, the Magnolia Gridshell, is
a design collaboration by Sheffield Hallam University with experts in this
field from ETH Zurich and Edinburgh Napier University. This forms part of the trio of events entitled Making Gridshells as part of Sheffield Year of Making 2016.

People Bernardino D'Amico

Org Units School of Engineering and The Built Environment
School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment

URL http://www4.shu.ac.uk/mediacentre/magnolia-steals-show-hallam-square

Location	Sheffield, UK
Description	Situated at Sheffield’s Hallam Square, Sheffield, the Magnolia Gridshell, is a design collaboration by Sheffield Hallam University with experts in this field from ETH Zurich and Edinburgh Napier University. This forms part of the trio of events entitled Making Gridshells as part of Sheffield Year of Making 2016.
People	Bernardino D'Amico
Org Units	School of Engineering and The Built Environment School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment
URL	http://www4.shu.ac.uk/mediacentre/magnolia-steals-show-hallam-square

IStructE CPD Seminar: Structural Timber Engineering
Sep 20, 2016

Location Stirling Court Hotel – University of Stirling

Description Timber is a versatile, natural, material with a wide range of properties. When properly understood, responsibly sourced, and produced through modern forestry and manufacturing processes it can provide technically capable, renewable and environmentally friendly construction products. Combining timber construction components appropriately through holistic design, informed detailing and quality-assured building practices will result in a highly energy efficient building fabric that provides user comfort.

Developments in offsite manufacture and modern methods of construction (MMC) mean that there is far more to offsite timber systems than conventional timber frame construction – such as solid laminate timber products including mechanical laminated systems (nail-lam or dowel-lam also known as Brettstapel); and bonded laminated systems including GluLam and cross-laminated timber (known as CrossLam, or CLT).

Timber material properties, grading techniques and ways of optimising selection.

Timber Connections Design theory to Eurocode 5, including a demonstration of how to undertake value engineering.

Timber products and systems including solid laminate timber systems, dowel-lam, nail-lam, and cross-laminated timber.

Programme

1430 Arrival, Refreshments
1500 Timber Material Properties
1530 Grading techniques and ways of optimising selection
1630 Break, Refreshments
1700 Timber Connections – Design theory to Eurocode 5
1800 Timber products and systems
1900 Close

This seminar will be delivered by expert speakers from the Institute for Sustainable Construction (ISC) at Edinburgh Napier University.

People Dan Ridley-Ellis
Robert Hairstans
Andrew Livingstone

Org Units School of Engineering and The Built Environment
School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment

URL https://www.istructe.org/events/regional/scottish/2016/cpd-seminar-structural-timber-engineering

Location	Stirling Court Hotel – University of Stirling
Description	Timber is a versatile, natural, material with a wide range of properties. When properly understood, responsibly sourced, and produced through modern forestry and manufacturing processes it can provide technically capable, renewable and environmentally friendly construction products. Combining timber construction components appropriately through holistic design, informed detailing and quality-assured building practices will result in a highly energy efficient building fabric that provides user comfort. Developments in offsite manufacture and modern methods of construction (MMC) mean that there is far more to offsite timber systems than conventional timber frame construction – such as solid laminate timber products including mechanical laminated systems (nail-lam or dowel-lam also known as Brettstapel); and bonded laminated systems including GluLam and cross-laminated timber (known as CrossLam, or CLT). Timber material properties, grading techniques and ways of optimising selection. Timber Connections Design theory to Eurocode 5, including a demonstration of how to undertake value engineering. Timber products and systems including solid laminate timber systems, dowel-lam, nail-lam, and cross-laminated timber. Programme 1430 Arrival, Refreshments 1500 Timber Material Properties 1530 Grading techniques and ways of optimising selection 1630 Break, Refreshments 1700 Timber Connections – Design theory to Eurocode 5 1800 Timber products and systems 1900 Close This seminar will be delivered by expert speakers from the Institute for Sustainable Construction (ISC) at Edinburgh Napier University.
People	Dan Ridley-Ellis Robert Hairstans Andrew Livingstone
Org Units	School of Engineering and The Built Environment School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment
URL	https://www.istructe.org/events/regional/scottish/2016/cpd-seminar-structural-timber-engineering