Timber workshop: design through worked examples
Date & Time

19 November 2024
10:00 - 17:30 GMT

Location

Online

Price

Member: £335 + VAT
(Early booking £295 + VAT)

Standard: £445 + VAT
(Early booking £395 + VAT)

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Timber workshop: design through worked examples

Timber workshop: design through worked examples

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Date & Time

19 November 2024
10:00 - 17:30 GMT

Location

Online

Price

Member: £335 + VAT
(Early booking £295 + VAT)

Standard: £445 + VAT
(Early booking £395 + VAT)

Early booking discount

Available until one month prior

This one-day, online advanced practical workshop will teach complex timber engineering through worked examples. It encourages problem-solving through teaching tools and group discussion.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course, attendees will learn about:

  • Member sizing

  • Tapered and curved members

  • Connections, moment connections & avoiding brittle failures

  • Fire design

  • Stability and vertical diaphragm walls

  • Vibration analysis

  • Strength and stiffness of cross laminated timber

  • Glued-in rods

Intended for

  • Graduate engineer

  • Mid-career engineer

  • Senior engineer/Team leader/Manager

  • ​Academic/Researcher

Entry criteria

  • As this is an advanced course, attendance to the Eurocode 5: the essentials of timber design course is a recommended pre-requisite

  • In alternative, familiarity with timber engineering to Eurocode 5 is expected

Discount

25% discount on associated publications: Manual for the design of timber building structures to Eurocode 5 (2nd edition)Please contact [email protected] for more information.

Trainer

Dr Keerthi Ranasinghe

Dr Keerthi Ranasinghe is an Associate at Milner Associates and was previously the Principal Engineer for Structural Timber at BM TRADA. Formerly an academic with research and teaching experience both in the UK and abroad, Keerthi has delivered timber courses for IStructE since 2008. He is the author of several TRADA publications, including Span Tables to Eurocode 5, and the Institution’s Manual for the design of timber building structures to Eurocode 5, 2nd edition. He sits on British and European Standardisation Committees related to timber design.

Contact

Email - [email protected]

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