Programme (subject to amendment)
| 09:00 | Registration and coffee | ||
| 09:30 | Welcome by the Wood Technology Group Chair | ||
| Graham Ormondroyd, Bangor University | |||
| 09:35 | Keynote: Matthew Caldwell and Natasha Watson, Buro Happold | ||
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Current challenges to the practising timber engineer |
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| 10:05 - 11:05 | Session 1: Structures and Structural Elements | ||
| 10:05 | George Fereday, London Metropolitan University | ||
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Home Grown Cabin – regenerative, sustainable and demountable timber construction using green sweet chestnut coppice and diseased ash |
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| 10:25 | Ben Brown, Pete Walker and Mark Evernden, University of Bath | ||
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Experimental investigation of glulam beams reinforced with curved steel bars for flexural and shear stiffening |
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| 10:45 | Alicja Przystup, Thomas Reynolds adn Thomas Tannert, Edinburgh University and University of Northern British Columbia, Canada | ||
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Development of component test method for catenary action activation in mass timber floors as a step towards performance-based robustness design |
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| 11:05 | Refreshments and networking | ||
| 11:30 - 12:55 | Session 2: From Cells to Properties | ||
| 11:30 | Martin Bridge, University College London | ||
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Dendrochronology in the UK |
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| 11:50 | Dan Ridley-Ellis, Edinburgh Napier University | ||
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An update on timber strength grading in the UK and Europe |
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| 12:10 | Marlene Cramer, Dan Ridley-Ellis, Edinburgh Napier University | ||
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Strength grading hardwoods and difficult woods |
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| 12:55 | Lunch and networking | ||
| 13:45 - 15:25 | Session 3: Innovation, Environmental Credentials & Circular Economy | ||
| 13:45 | Elkin Pianim
Kete-krachi Timber Recovery |
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| Timber Salvage from Lake Volta | |||
| 14:05 | Callum Hill, JCH Industrial Ecology | ||
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Wood modification – is it worth it? |
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| 14:25 | Graham Ormondroyd, Simon Curling, Bangor University | ||
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Transformation of foundation industries - are there implications for the timber industry? |
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| 14:45 | Wenchen Dong, Colin Rose, Julia A Stegemann, University College London | ||
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Strength and stiffness assessment of cross-laminated secondary timber (CLST) |
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| 15:05 | Morwenna Spear, Bangor University | ||
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Timber and carbon for corporate reporting: can we declare stored carbon, substitution benefits, or both? |
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| 15:25 | Refreshments and networking | ||
| 15:50 - 17:10 | Session 4: Timber Treatments & Wood Modification | ||
| 15:50 | Dennis Jones, Chia-Feng Lin, Olov Karlsson, Dick Sandberg, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden | ||
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Encapsulation of fire retardants in wood modification processes – an overview of recent activities at Lulea University of Technology |
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| 16:10 | Carlo Kupfernagel, Morwenna Spear, Andy Pitman, Graham Ormondroyd, Bangor University and RSK | ||
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Effects of process variables on wood modification with PF-resin |
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| 16:30 |
Andy Pitman, Bronia Stefanowski, Morwenna Spear, Athanasios Dimitriou, Simon Curling, Carlo Kupfernagel, and Graham Ormondroyd, RSK and Bangor University |
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The challenges with drying resin impregnated wood |
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| 16:50 | Sam Holdsworth, TWI | ||
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Branching out – how friction welding could revolutionise the mass timber industry |
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| 17:10 |
Closing Remarks | ||
| Graham Ormondroyd, Bangor University | |||
| 17:15 | End of Conference | ||