STRUCTURAL TIMBER AWARDS ROUNDTABLE
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01 Earlier this year, the delayed Structural Timber Awards 2020 took place online instead of in its usual buzzing, physical environment. With an incredible array of projects, people and products rewarded, a few of the winners took some time out to discuss in more detail the many opportunities ahead for timber technology.
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As with much of contemporary life over the last 12 months, the discussion took place on the Zoom platform. The ‘virtual roundtable’ looked to tease out some of the opportunities available for timber technology across an economy recovering from the pandemic and faced with many environmental challenges, surrounding zero carbon targets and energy efficiency. Here are some key soundbites from the session. The timber sector is typically defined by three main categories – timber frame, structural insulated panels (SIPS) and solid wood – a catch-all term that embraces cross laminated timber (CLT) and glulam. Solid wood products in particular have become familiar across many projects over the last 10 years
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and are regularly championed in many Structural Timber Award successes. What inspired the choice of structural timber on the projects that ultimately won an award? Sarah Newine Moore, Estimating & Marketing Manager, Eurban: “With our Northstowe project – at the time the largest scheme that we had been involved in – speed was absolutely key. We were appointed at the beginning of 2018 and the building was complete by July 2019: that’s the design, manufacture and erection of the superstructure. That’s an extraordinary feat and only possible through a great collaborative relationship with the wider team and specialists to streamline the process.”
