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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

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<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
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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
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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
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<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
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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
Webinar
<h4>Insights on Rothoblaas connections for hybrid construction</h4>

Insights on Rothoblaas connections for hybrid construction

This webinar, sponsored by Rothoblaas, explores the latest advancements in screws and connectors designed for mass timber and hybrid construction solutions.

Date – 25 March 2025
Location – Online
Price – Free
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Historic timber structures

Historic timber structures: assessment and reuse - February 2025

This one-day online 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 – 10 February 2025
Location – Online
Price – £295.00
Lecture
<h4>Cannop Cycle Bridge: replacement of timber stress laminated arch footbridge</h4>

Cannop Cycle Bridge: replacement of timber stress laminated arch footbridge

Technical lecture looking at the replacement of a timber stress laminated arch footbridge

Date – 6 February 2025
Location – Mercure Chester Abbots Well Hotel
Price – Free

Featured events and resources

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<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