Training & Events

Featuring groundbreaking pieces by Alvar Aalto, Marcel Breuer and Charles and Ray Eames, alongside an incredible range of objects from planes to skateboards, this exhibition tells the story of how this often-overlooked material made the modern world.

UK Construction Week is the UK's largest construction trade show. It is FREE to attend for trade visitors and consists of nine shows: Timber Expo, Build Show, Civils Expo, Plant & Machinery Live, Energy 2017, Smart Buildings 2017, Surface & Materials Show and HVAC 2017...

Timber Expo covers a breadth of timber applications from timber frame, sawmills, merchants, glulam, SIPs, CLT, fixings and fastenings, timber cladding, doors/windows, mouldings, skirtings and flooring.

A practical three-day course to grade scaffold boards set out in BS 2482:2009 specification for timber scaffold boards.

This course is £590 +VAT for non-members and £550 +VAT for members.

This course is £315 +VAT for members and £369 +VAT for non-members. It is a CPD certified seminar and fire test demonstration day designed to present an overview of fire door design, manufacture, testing, installation and certification. Through a combination of live fire demonstrations, pre-recorded films and seminars, Exova...

Only available as part of the Q-Mark Fire Door Installation certification scheme. Manufacturers of fire doors are required by law to demonstrate the ability of their products to resist the passage of fire. However, if they are not properly installed, their fire resistance capabilities can...

Only available as part of the Q-Mark Fire Door Maintenance certification scheme. There is a legal requirement for those responsible for buildings under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order to ensure that all fire doors continue to retain the ability to resist the passage of...

This course equips those responsible for fitting fire stopping products with the know-how to install and maintain solutions correctly. This seminar consists of a classroom-based training session using a combination of presentations, video and hands-on demonstrations followed by a written examination. Successful completion of this...

This course is £210.00 +VAT for members and £260.00 +VAT for non-members. 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...

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 £625 +VAT for members.

Exova BM TRADA and RSK present a day of technical presentations and case studies from experts, exploring some of the challenges for conservators and how some of these have been overcome in recent heritage projects.

Speakers:

Dr Alan Ryder, CEO, RSK
Jon Osborn, Technical...

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...

Historically, the forms and dimensions of solid timbers available are limited by the sizes and forms of trees from which they are processed. In addition, natural strength-reducing features present limited their use. Many years after insertion into the building fabric, some timber suffer from degradation....

This course is £315 +VAT for members and £369 +VAT for non-members. It is a CPD certified seminar and fire test demonstration day designed to present an overview of fire door design, manufacture, testing, installation and certification. Through a combination of live fire demonstrations, pre-recorded films and seminars, Exova...

Twenty outstanding structures and a record 14 furniture and product projects have been nominated for the Wood Awards 2017 shortlist, the TRADA-sponsored competition that features some of Britain’s best designs in wood.

Only available as part of the Q-Mark Fire Door Installation certification scheme. Manufacturers of fire doors are required by law to demonstrate the ability of their products to resist the passage of fire. However, if they are not properly installed, their fire resistance capabilities can...

Only available as part of the Q-Mark Fire Door Maintenance certification scheme. There is a legal requirement for those responsible for buildings under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order to ensure that all fire doors continue to retain the ability to resist the passage of...

This course equips those responsible for fitting fire stopping products with the know-how to install and maintain solutions correctly. This seminar consists of a classroom-based training session using a combination of presentations, video and hands-on demonstrations followed by a written examination. Successful completion of this...

This course is £260 +VAT for non-members and £210 +VAT for members. It 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...

This course is £260 +VAT for non-members and £210 +VAT for members. Building upon the essentials workshop on design to Eurocode 5 this course is aimed at engineers who have had some experience with timber structures. The day starts with an introduction to fasteners which then develops...