Education

‘Skills Action Plan’ launched at Futurebuild
by Liam Macandrew|08 March 23|Education
Timber Development has unveiled a comprehensive Timber in Construction - Skills Action Plan in partnership with the HCI Skills Gateway, aimed at equipping the UK construction industry with the necessary skills to increase the use of timber and achieve net-zero targets. With the construction industry responsible for almost 40% of...
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Skills Action Plan
by Edinburgh Napier University|08 March 23|Education
The Timber Skills Action plan provides an industry-agreed breakdown of the skills and knowledge required for building with timber.
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The new Timber TED courses provide a comprehensive understanding of timber design and support practical development of vital timber skills
Knowledge and skills triumph with first TimberTED students
by Jennie Ward|26 January 23|Build, Design, Education, Supply, Sustainability
The new Timber TED courses provide a comprehensive understanding of timber design and support practical development of vital timber skills, according to the first group of students to graduate. The first group of TimberTED students have completed their course. The first full Timber Technology Engineering Design (Timber TED) courses began...
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Moisture CLT
Moisture-proof CLT construction without a full temporary shelter
by TDUK|09 January 23|Build, Design, Education
The publication Moisture-proof CLT construction without a full temporary shelter provides guidance on how to handle CLT elements when building without a full shelter. It is intended to help project planners and builders achieve an industrial and dampproof CLT build.
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Climate response retrofit
Getting into the details of retrofit in a timber frame
by Bryony Bodimeade|16 December 22|Design, Education
In the fourth and final webinar of the #TDChallenge23 series, three retrofit experts got into the nitty gritty of detailing for timber frame buildings. Gervase Mangwana, Florence Collier and Beth Williams spoke about airtightness and moisture, M&E ventilation, and structural considerations. After presenting at last week’s talk on the AECB...
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A set of three comprehensive timber design and engineering manuals has been launched by Swedish Wood and Timber Development UK.
Download your free essential timber engineering manuals by TDUK and Swedish Wood
by TDUK|15 December 22|Design, Education
Design of Timber Structures. A set of three comprehensive timber design and engineering manuals has been launched by Swedish Wood and Timber Development UK. This three-volume set of books is an ideal career-long design companion for all levels of designer - from student to experienced professional. Each volume is available...
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Retrofit
Knowledge sharing panel on AECB Retrofit
by Bryony Bodimeade|14 December 22|Design, Education
In partnership with AECB, BE-ST, Edinburgh Napier University, NMITE and Passivhaus Trust, TDUK has programmed a series of webinars on climate responsive retrofit to support the 2023 university challenge. The challenge asks interdisciplinary teams to form to design, engineer and cost a retrofit scheme for an existing timber frame building...
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Climate response
The ins and outs of the EnerPHit retrofit standard
by Bryony Bodimeade|06 December 22|Design, Education
In the second #TDChallenge23 webinar, three professionals working at the forefront of retrofit in the UK provided a closer look at the EnerPHit standard. EnerPhit is a passive house standard specifically intended for existing building projects. To learn more about what it is and how to do it, we heard...
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New courses promote timber technology
by Jennie Ward|06 December 22|Education, Supply, Sustainability
A new series of Timber Technology Engineering Design courses are being launched, following a successful pilot, to encourage built environment professionals to embrace designing with timber and build net zero structures.    The Timber TED courses have been developed by the New Model Institute for Technology & Engineering (NMITE), in...
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climate responsive retrofit
In it together – a panel on climate responsive retrofit
by Bryony Bodimeade|22 November 22|Design, Education
With presentations by three leading retrofit advocates, a recent webinar hosted by TDUK University Design Challenge 2023 offered insights into climate-responsive retrofit from the perspectives of an architect, engineer and landscape architect. Despite its critical importance, retrofit is not, yet, common practice – and is likely to be one of...
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