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Mass Timber – Post and Beam Buildings WoodSolutions Seminar With the race to the tallest timber building comes a form of building construction that has surprised the design world in its cost, speed of construction and beauty. This form of building design is Post and Beam construction made from Mass Timber. An all-day seminar will be held in Sydney on 13 September to explore this form of building construction. Australian leaders in this field will discuss the many options available in mass timber. Keynote speaker for this seminar will be Karla Fraser, from Urban One Builders Construction Management, Vancouver, Canada. Ms Fraser was the Construction Manager on behalf of UBC Properties Trust for Brock Commons, an 18 storey student accommodation building for University of British Columbia. Ms Fraser will discuss what they learnt whilst building the world’s tall timber building, this includes logistic planning and benefits of virtual modelling and pre-manufacturing building components to speed up the rate of the build, fire protection during construction and methods to reduce waste. Other speakers with focus on timber floor systems available for post and beam, as well as engineering and construction considerations, DTS regulatory solutions and fire engineering design. Cost Free for all design and building professionals Date Wednesday 13 th September 2017 Venue NSW Teachers Federation Conference Centre 37 Reservoir St, Surry Hills Time 8.45 am for 9.00 am - 5.00 pm Food Morning Tea, Lunch and Afternoon Tea provided CPD CPD certificates of attendance available for all professions. 6 formal CPD points available for architects. Program & Speakers Overleaf First row images left to right: International House, Image: TDA| Brock Commons, Tallwood House, Image: TDA | Mountain Equipment Co-Op, by architect Hugh Cochlin with Proscenium Architecture + Interiors, Second row images left to right: 5 King, Brisbane, Image: Bates Smart | RMIT Bundoora West Student Accommodation, Image: Dianna Snape
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Mass Timber – Post and Beam Buildings
WoodSolutions Seminar
With the race to the tallest timber building comes a form of building
construction that has surprised the design world in its cost, speed of
construction and beauty. This form of building design is Post and Beam
construction made from Mass Timber.
An all-day seminar will be held in Sydney on 13 September to explore this
form of building construction. Australian leaders in this field will discuss
the many options available in mass timber.
Keynote speaker for this seminar will be Karla Fraser, from Urban One
Builders Construction Management, Vancouver, Canada. Ms Fraser was
the Construction Manager on behalf of UBC Properties Trust for Brock
Commons, an 18 storey student accommodation building for University
of British Columbia.
Ms Fraser will discuss what they learnt whilst building the world’s tall
timber building, this includes logistic planning and benefits of virtual
modelling and pre-manufacturing building components to speed up the
rate of the build, fire protection during construction and methods to
reduce waste.
Other speakers with focus on timber floor systems available for post and
beam, as well as engineering and construction considerations, DTS
regulatory solutions and fire engineering design.
Cost
Free for all design and
building professionals
Date
Wednesday 13th
September
2017
Venue
NSW Teachers Federation
Conference Centre
37 Reservoir St, Surry Hills
Time
8.45 am for 9.00 am - 5.00 pm
Food
Morning Tea, Lunch and
Afternoon Tea provided
CPD
CPD certificates of attendance
available for all professions.
6 formal CPD points available
for architects.
Program & Speakers
Overleaf
First row images left to right: International House, Image: TDA| Brock Commons, Tallwood House, Image: TDA | Mountain Equipment Co-Op, by architect Hugh
Cochlin with Proscenium Architecture + Interiors,
Second row images left to right: 5 King, Brisbane, Image: Bates Smart | RMIT Bundoora West Student Accommodation, Image: Dianna Snape
9.00 am Welcome
Welcome and WoodSolutions Update Andrew Dunn, TDA
9.05 am Architectural Design and Regulations
Design considerations for Timber office buildings
Architect’s perspective Jonathan Evans, Tzannes
Engineering Considerations Barry Young, TTW
10.30 am Morning Tea
11.00 am Engineering and Construction Considerations
Construction Considerations Prof Perry Forsythe, UTS
Understanding DTS timber complying systems Andrew Dunn, TDA
Fire Engineering Post and Beam Timber Buildings James O’Neil, Homesfire
12.30 pm Lunch
1.30 pm Keynote Speaker
Karla Fraser - Urban One Builders Construction Management, Vancouver, Canada.
Connectors for Post and Beam timber buildings Giovanni Scollo, Rothoblass
2.45 pm Afternoon Tea
3.15 pm Timber Floor Systems to suit 9.0 m span – Timber Industry Solutions
XLAM Nick Hewson, XLAM
Meyer Timber George Dolezal, Meyer Timber
Timber Imagineering Robert Nestic, Timber Imagineering
Wesbeam Stephen Dayus, Wesbeam
5.00 pm Close
Suppliers
In addition to presentations described above, a number of suppliers to the mid-rise timber market
sector will be present and be available to discuss their products.
Program
Contact Details: Ros Hunter | Phone: 02 8920 0446 | Email: [email protected]
Please note: WoodSolutions reserves the right to cancel this event and/or change the program and speakers
without notice. Registrants may be contacted by WoodSolutions about future seminars and events.
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