Eurocode 5: connections and advanced topics in timber design - June 2025
Date & Time

10 June 2025
10:00 - 17:30 BST

Location

Online

Price

Member early booking: £295 + VAT
Member: £335 + VAT
Standard: £445 + VAT

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Eurocode 5: connections and advanced topics in timber design - June 2025

Eurocode 5: connections and advanced topics in timber design - June 2025

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Date & Time

10 June 2025
10:00 - 17:30 BST

Location

Online

Price

Member early booking: £295 + VAT
Member: £335 + VAT
Standard: £445 + VAT

Early booking discount

Available until one month prior

This course introduces timber connections in detail and several other advanced topics in timber design to Eurocode 5.

Topics covered include, but not limited to:

  • Connections with dowel type fasteners nails, screws, dowels and bolts

  • Timber composites

  • Notched members and slots and holes in timbers

  • Splitting of timber and other brittle failures

  • Design for durability

  • Introductions to the fire and bridges parts of Eurocode 5

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course, you should be able to:

  • Design basic and more intricate timber connections to Eurocode 5

  • Appreciate the fracture mechanics aspects of wood behaviour and scientific research behind certain clauses of Eurocode 5

  • Appreciate the use of dowel-type fasteners and contemporary connectors for practical applications

  • Use the connections chapter of Eurocode 5 for practical design situations

Intended for

  • Graduate engineer

  • Mid-career engineer

  • Senior engineer/Team leader/Manager

  • ​Academic/Researcher

Entry criteria

Participation at the Eurocode 5: the essentials of timber design course is recommended.

Discount

25% discount on associated publications: Manual for the design of timber building structures to Eurocode 5 (2nd edition)Please contact [email protected] for more information​.

Trainer

Dr Keerthi Ranasinghe

Dr Keerthi Ranasinghe is an Associate at Milner Associates and was previously the Principal Engineer for Structural Timber at BM TRADA. Formerly an academic with research and teaching experience both in the UK and abroad, Keerthi has delivered timber courses for IStructE since 2008. He is the author of several TRADA publications, including Span Tables to Eurocode 5, and the Institution’s Manual for the design of timber building structures to Eurocode 5, 2nd edition. He sits on British and European Standardisation Committees related to timber design.

Contact

Email - [email protected]

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