🌲 Myth: Timber buildings are unsafe and weak. 🌳 Facts in a nutshell: - Timber has one of the best strength-to-weight ratios among all materials. - Fully standardized and strength classified mass timber elements allow for safe construction of even high-rise buildings. 🏗️ Timber Myth Discussion: When it comes to building quality and performance, there are two different approaches preferred by members of the steering group: a purist approach and a pragmatic approach. 🌿 The purist approach advocates for exclusive design and construction with biobased materials, aiming to phase out abiotic materials like concrete and steel. It suggests exploring alternatives like carving stone for foundations and cores. However, for high-rise buildings, concrete might be the ideal solution due to multiple factors like weight, height demands, and efficiency. 💼 The pragmatic approach suggests embracing hybrid building systems, where traditional materials like concrete and steel complement timber and biobased materials. This approach requires careful design to ensure that materials from the techno-cycle and bio-cycle are not mixed. 🏙️ Understanding the right use of wood is crucial, where it brings value and makes sense in building construction. Evaluating where timber is suitable and where other traditional bio-based materials should be used is essential for city planning. 🌳 Wood is a natural and anisotropic material, meaning its strength varies according to the direction of loading. However, with strength grading following standards like EN 14081 and classification in strength classes based on EN 338, the non-uniformity of timber can be addressed. Each board intended for structural use undergoes grading to ensure its suitability. 🔬 Engineered timber, thanks to its lightweight and high strength, is considered one of the most efficient building materials available globally from a structural perspective. It easily meets European building regulation requirements with its mechanical properties, such as strength and stiffness. 📐 Strength grading, often performed using laser technology, ensures the quality and structural integrity of incoming timber boards, as seen in the CLT factory of DERIX. #TimberMythBusted #BuildingWithTimber #SustainableConstruction #HybridBuildingSystems #StructuralEfficiency

From Ply Store to assembly, these pictures show the installation of the first Facit Chassis™ components at our East Sussex site. #BuildingWithTimber #DigitalManufacturing

Recognising UK must build more homes, quicker, while reducing carbon emissions, the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for the Timber Industries has launched a new report to provide solutions to the UK’s housing and climate crises.. ow.ly/9f8f50Gextv #buildingwithtimber

Houses are being built now in a near identical way to how they were 50, 80 or even a few hundred years ago. Can timber help build a sustainable future? ow.ly/BHMO50GakjL #buildingwithtimber

Missed our #BuildingWithTimber Conference? Fear not, our next Hot Topic Conference is just for you. Construction industry key players give their perspective on the challenges and solutions to making rapid progress when upgrading UK existing building stock. greenregister.org.uk/civicrm…

Missed our #BuildingWithTimber Conference? Fear not, our next Hot Topic Conference is just for you. Construction industry key players give their perspective on the challenges and solutions to making rapid progress when upgrading UK existing building stock. greenregister.org.uk/civicrm…

Missed our #BuildingWithTimber Conference? Fear not, our next Hot Topic Conference is just for you. Construction industry key players give their perspective on the challenges and solutions to making rapid progress when upgrading UK existing building stock. greenregister.org.uk/civicrm…

Neil Turner from our Technical team giving his talk on Achieving Airtightness & Insulating CLT with wood fibreboard. @Gutex_Daemmung @proclima @greenregister #Buildingwithtimber contact us if you are interested in a #CPD on the topic. #airtight #insulation

Walking down from Brixton to the @greenregister #buildingwithtimber event made me think I could do well being a #scaffolder

Timber Conference in London Oct 17th! The speakers include #architects, #contractors, #selfbuilders #engineers and #technicaldetailingexperts. Link in bio! @TRADA_, @EandMwest, @GreenheartBris, @TweetEco, @ecologicalbuild @PYCgroup @AntThistleton @ZHA_News #BuildingWithTimber

Timber Conference in London Oct 17th! The speakers include #architects, #contractors, #selfbuilders #engineers and #technicaldetailingexperts. Link in bio! @TRADA_, @EandMwest, @GreenheartBris, @TweetEco, @ecologicalbuild @PYCgroup @AntThistleton @ZHA_News BuildingWithTimber

As timber advocates ourselves, we are hosting our own Timber Conference in London timber 17th Oct. The speakers debating include architects, contractors, community self builders & engineers. Of course all with food and drinks! #BuildingWithTimber greenregister.org.uk/civicrm…

NEW CONFERENCE: #BuildingwithTimber comes to London Oct 17th. The construction industry is responsible for nearly half the carbon emissions of the UK. One building material could be described as carbon neutral - timber. Find out more... (link: greenregister.org.uk/civicrm…)

Is building with timber safe? youtube.com/watch?v=YuAya0hR… #CLT #BuildingWithTimber #TimberBuildings

The what, why and how of #CrossLaminatedTimber. This short video explains all - youtube.com/watch?v=YuAya0hR… … #CLT #BuildingWithTimber

Interesting: What, why & how of #CrossLaminatedTimber. Video here - youtube.com/watch?v=YuAya0hR… #CLT #BuildingWithTimber

The what, why and how of #CrossLaminatedTimber. Full video here - youtube.com/watch?v=YuAya0hR… #CLT #BuildingWithTimber

Take a look inside a CLT factory - theb1m.com/video/what-is-cro… #CLT #BuildingwithTimber #TomOnFilm