Training & Events

Timber tops the agenda for WoodFest Sheffield WoodFest comes to Sheffield in February with a focus on health and wellbeing, low carbon, circular economy, building performance, offsite construction and modular design.   The month-long event will feature wood in design and construction throughout Sheffield and...

The Building Centre and dRMM present engineered timber as a defining material of 21st Century architecture.   Forest of Fabrication demonstrates the possibilities of modern timber construction through the lens of Stirling Prize-winning architectural practice dRMM. The exhibition features twenty-four critically acclaimed projects that have pushed...

The TRADA University Challenge brings students from multiple disciplines and universities together at the University of Sheffield’s Diamond Building on Friday 8th and Saturday 9th February. The competition will put students into ten teams of six, and then challenges them to design a building predominantly...

TTJ is organising a major conference in London in 2019 – Wood and Wellness – to look at wood’s role in this trend. Do trees and the wood products that derive from them have an opportunity the shape this new world of wellness?   The...

NHBC's annual seminar series Building for Tomorrow was conceived with the goal of informing house-builders and supplying them with the information and tools necessary to follow best practice, enabling them to build better buildings.   Delegate tickets are £195 + VAT per person, per event,...

NHBC's annual seminar series Building for Tomorrow was conceived with the goal of informing house-builders and supplying them with the information and tools necessary to follow best practice, enabling them to build better buildings.   Delegate tickets are £195 + VAT per person, per event,...

A practical five-day course to grade softwood to the visual strength grades set out in BS 4978: 2007+A1:2011 'Specification for visual grading of softwood'. This course is £1190.00 +VAT for non-members and £1070.00 +VAT for members.   You should attend this course if you are involved in...

NHBC's annual seminar series Building for Tomorrow was conceived with the goal of informing house-builders and supplying them with the information and tools necessary to follow best practice, enabling them to build better buildings.   Delegate tickets are £195 + VAT per person, per event,...

Futurebuild 2019 brings together opinion-shapers, decision-makers and product innovators under a common purpose to explore the latest technologies and approaches, and debate the biggest issues facing the built environment – now and in the future – both in the UK and overseas.   Whether you’re...

A two-day refresher course aimed at any graders whose registration to the Q-Mark VSG Scheme has lapsed for 2 years or more. This provides an overview of the subject and takes place in the last two days of the visual strength grading - softwood course....

NHBC's annual seminar series Building for Tomorrow was conceived with the goal of informing house-builders and supplying them with the information and tools necessary to follow best practice, enabling them to build better buildings.   Delegate tickets are £195 + VAT per person, per event,...

NHBC's annual seminar series Building for Tomorrow was conceived with the goal of informing house-builders and supplying them with the information and tools necessary to follow best practice, enabling them to build better buildings.   Delegate tickets are £195 + VAT per person, per event,...

TRADA's Rupert Scott will be presenting on education and wood at the London Hardwood Club lunch.

The official launch of the Wood Awards 2019. Alex de Rijke, co-founder of dRMM, will be joining us to launch the call for entries. The evening will begin at 6.30pm, with drinks and canapés being served until 8.30pm.   The Wood Awards is the UK’s premier...

NHBC's annual seminar series Building for Tomorrow was conceived with the goal of informing house-builders and supplying them with the information and tools necessary to follow best practice, enabling them to build better buildings.   Delegate tickets are £195 + VAT per person, per event,...

NHBC's annual seminar series Building for Tomorrow was conceived with the goal of informing house-builders and supplying them with the information and tools necessary to follow best practice, enabling them to build better buildings.   Delegate tickets are £195 + VAT per person, per event,...

NHBC's annual seminar series Building for Tomorrow was conceived with the goal of informing house-builders and supplying them with the information and tools necessary to follow best practice, enabling them to build better buildings.   Delegate tickets are £195 + VAT per person, per event,...

A two-day refresher course aimed at any graders whose registration to the Q-Mark VSG Scheme has lapsed for 2 years or more. This provides an overview of the subject and takes place in the last two days of the visual strength grading - softwood course....

This course looks at the fundamentals of timber frame construction from an engineering perspective and should help engineers and designers involved in the industry to gain an in-depth understanding of how these systems work. The day starts with an introduction to the concept of timber...

The Solid Wood Solutions 2019 event reflects the swift upward trajectory that materials such as cross laminated timber (CLT) are now on as a sustainable, structural alternative to steel and concrete. Solid Wood Solutions shines a spotlight on pioneering projects through informative case studies presented...

This one day workshop gives an introduction to the concepts of Eurocodes, comparing and contrasting the BS 5268 design approach and the Eurocodes (EC5) limit state design philosophy. Examples are used throughout the day to give essential guidance to designing to EC5.   This course...

This course is written to provide practical information of all aspects of timber frame construction. It explores reasons why timber frame has become such a popular method of building and aims to provide a better overall understanding of timber frame during design, the construction phase...

A practical three-day course to grade hardwood to the visual strength grades set out in BS 5756: 2007+A1:2011 'Specification for visual grading of hardwood'.   This course is £715 +VAT for non-members and £645 +VAT for members.   You should attend this course if you are...

The UK is the second largest importer of sawnwood in the World (after China). With global demand for timber set to treble in the coming years the case for increasing UK production is overwhelming. The expansion of forestry is a win win, with the self-evident...

A practical five-day course to grade softwood to the visual strength grades set out in BS 4978: 2007+A1:2011 'Specification for visual grading of softwood'.   This course is £1190.00 +VAT for non-members and £1070.00 +VAT for members.   You should attend this course if you are involved...

A two-day refresher course aimed at any graders whose registration to the Q-Mark VSG Scheme has lapsed for 2 years or more. This provides an overview of the subject and takes place in the last two days of the visual strength grading - softwood course....

Following the sold out success of our showcase 'Hot Topic' conference of 2018, we're happy to announce "Building with Timber" comes to London for Summer 2019. The speakers are from a wide variety of disciplines including architects, contractors, community self builders, engineers and technical detailing...

This course is written to provide practical information of all aspects of timber frame construction. It explores reasons why timber frame has become such a popular method of building and aims to provide a better overall understanding of timber frame during design, the construction phase...

A practical five-day course to grade softwood to the visual strength grades set out in BS 4978: 2007+A1:2011 'Specification for visual grading of softwood'.   This course is £1190.00 +VAT for non-members and £1070.00 +VAT for members.   You should attend this course if you are involved...

A two-day refresher course aimed at any graders whose registration to the Q-Mark VSG Scheme has lapsed for 2 years or more. This provides an overview of the subject and takes place in the last two days of the visual strength grading - softwood course....

This course is written to provide practical information of all aspects of timber frame construction. It explores reasons why timber frame has become such a popular method of building and aims to provide a better overall understanding of timber frame during design, the construction phase...

Offsite Expo brings together those who are driving change in the construction sector – the event will play host to over 100 leading manufacturers and component suppliers showcasing a broad spectrum of offsite solutions. Architects, engineers, contractors, local authorities and specifiers will be able to...

This course is written to provide practical information of all aspects of timber frame construction. It explores reasons why timber frame has become such a popular method of building and aims to provide a better overall understanding of timber frame during design, the construction phase...

A practical three-day course to grade hardwood to the visual strength grades set out in BS 5756: 2007+A1:2011 'Specification for visual grading of hardwood'.   This course is £715 +VAT for non-members and £645 +VAT for members.   You should attend this course if you are...

A practical five-day course to grade softwood to the visual strength grades set out in BS 4978: 2007+A1:2011 'Specification for visual grading of softwood'.   This course is £1190.00 +VAT for non-members and £1070.00 +VAT for members.   You should attend this course if you are involved...

A two-day refresher course aimed at any graders whose registration to the Q-Mark VSG Scheme has lapsed for 2 years or more. This provides an overview of the subject and takes place in the last two days of the visual strength grading - softwood course....

The International Research Conference is a federated organisation dedicated to bringing together a significant number of diverse scholarly events for presentation within the conference program.   Events will run over a span of time during the conference depending on the number and length of the...

Save the date for our 2019 Timber Conference - Wednesday 27th November. More information to follow.

This course is written to provide practical information of all aspects of timber frame construction. It explores reasons why timber frame has become such a popular method of building and aims to provide a better overall understanding of timber frame during design, the construction phase...

This course looks at the fundamentals of timber frame construction from an engineering perspective and should help engineers and designers involved in the industry to gain an in-depth understanding of how these systems work. The day starts with an introduction to the concept of timber...