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This section of the website explores the use of timber in construction.

Topics covered include:

  • Developments and good practice
  • Use as a structural material
  • Climate impact, carbon emissions and sustainable design

Resources and events

Course
<h4>Timber workshop: design through worked examples - October 2025</h4>

Timber workshop: design through worked examples - October 2025

This one-day, online advanced practical workshop teachs complex timber engineering through worked examples. It encourages problem-solving through teaching tools and group discussion.

Date – 21 October 2025
Location – Online
Price – £295 - £445 + VAT
Course
Amesbury School detail

Eurocode 5: the essentials of timber design - October 2025

This one-day, online course offers an introduction to timber design to Eurocode 5.

Date – 20 October 2025
Location – Online
Price – £295 - £445 + VAT
Conference
<h4>Young engineers conference 2025</h4>

Young engineers conference 2025

Bringing together the next generation of construction leaders, this conference explores the future of structural engineering, emphasising collaboration and the use of digital tools.

Date – 18 July 2025
Location – Institution of Structural Engineers International HQ & Online
Price – £15 - £65 + VAT
TallWood House at Brock Commons interior

Floor vibration design and mitigation - June 2025

This course introduces key concepts in vibration serviceability of building floors. Techniques for analysis, design and mitigation for satisfactory vibration performance are outlined, as well as their potential impact on sustainability of floor construction.

Date – 25 June 2025
Location – Online and 47-58 Bastwick St, London, EC1V 3PS
Price – £295 - £445 + VAT
Course
<h4>Eurocode 5: connections and advanced topics in timber design - June 2025</h4>

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

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

Date – 10 June 2025
Location – Online
Price – £295 - £445 + VAT
Course
Amesbury School detail

Eurocode 5: the essentials of timber design - June 2025

This one-day, online course offers an introduction to timber design to Eurocode 5.

Date – 9 June 2025
Location – Online
Price – £295 - £445 + VAT
Course
Historic timber structures

Historic timber structures: assessment and reuse - June 2025

This one-day course introduces timber as an engineering material, with a focus on its use in historic structures. It covers non-destructive techniques for condition assessment and strategies for the reuse of heritage structures.

Date – 2 June 2025
Location – 47-58 Bastwick St, London, EC1V 3PS
Price – £295 - £445 + VAT
Blog
<h4>Combining cardboard and timber to deliver sustainable, cost-effective emergency housing</h4>

Combining cardboard and timber to deliver sustainable, cost-effective emergency housing

Dr Joe Gattas from the University of Queensland (UQ) shares his research findings on innovative materials.

Date – 19 March 2025
Author – Dr Joe Gattas
Training
<h4>The future of structural design - Book launch</h4>

The future of structural design - Book launch

In this webinar recording, the authorial group of The future of structural design s hares their vision of what the work of an engineer might look like in the future.

Date – 19 February 2025
Author – Various
Price – Free

Featured events and resources

Guidance
<h4>Timber and sustainability</h4>

Timber and sustainability

This article discusses timbers and carbon, availability and end-of-life issues.

Date – 18 June 2020
Author – Sustainability Panel
Price – Free