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Managing Moisture in Mass Timber Construction 12 Nov 2024 | 9:30 am - 4:00 pm | London Join PEFC UK Limited for a focused, educational, and networking event tailored for developers, tier 1 contractors, and mass timber manufacturers and installers. Discover the significant carbon and environmental benefits of mass timber construction and how potential challenges due to excess moisture can be mitigated and avoided. Find out more: https://ow.ly/Rygv50TQyGK #MassTimber #SustainableConstruction #TimberTech #MoistureManagement #EcoFriendlyBuilding #ConstructionNetworking #GreenBuilding #TimberManufacturers #BuildingInnovation

CITB funding now available for Coaction Training CIC Courses A 70% grant is now available from CITB Local Employer Networks for Coaction’s low energy and Passivhaus training courses. Taking advantage of this funding is straightforward. Read the online step by step guide on how to claim. This is a great opportunity for contractors and sub-contractors to upskill their staff at a significantly reduced cost: https://ow.ly/GKue50TQzIB #CITBFunding #PassivhausTraining #LowEnergyCourses #ContractorTraining #UpskillYourTeam #CITB #ConstructionIndustry #SustainableBuilding #GreenTraining #CoactionCourses

Social Housing Developers visit to SO Modular & Gwynfaen Thanks to POBL Cymru, Sevenoaks Modular Ltd and HALE CONSTRUCTION LIMITED (the contractor) for inviting members of our Social Housing Developers Community of Practice (CoP) to see their off-site manufacturing process and the Gwynfaen development; a case study in low carbon development with sustainability, green infrastructure and placemaking principles at its heart. Find out more about our Communities of Practice (CoP) here: https://ow.ly/itXa50TQCpT #SocialHousing #SustainableDevelopment #OffSiteManufacturing #LowCarbon #CommunityOfPractice #GreenInfrastructure #HousingDevelopment #ModularConstruction #Placemaking

Quality 🪵 chips in North Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Some of these 5m logs at Coed y Brenin are 70 years old softwoods. If someone tells you homegrown timber is only good enough for fencing or pallets don’t take their word for it. These logs are plenty good enough for beams or cladding, I wouldn’t be surprised if they achieved C24 or higher strength. Check out Woodknowledge Wales guides on the use of homegrown timber 🌲 #homegrowntimber #welshtimber #timberlogs #chips

FREE WEBINAR TODAY: Regenerative Twin: The Social, Environmental & Economic Value of Renewable Materials | 13:00-14:00 | Free | Online (Zoom) | Registration essential: https://ow.ly/A1iM50TRqeK The Alliance for Sustainable Building Products is hosting a free webinar where you can hear from Harriet Fisher MRICS and other experts involved in Morgan Sindall Construction's Regenerative Twin project, learn more about regenerative design from Christiane Lellig of Woodknowledge Wales. Then delve deep into the project’s insights and the principles of regenerative design during a Q&A follow up. #Webinar #RegenerativeDesign #SustainableMaterials #RenewableMaterials #ConstructionInnovation #EnvironmentalValue #ASBP #OnlineLearning #WoodknowledgeWales #MorganSindall

Social Housing Developers to visit seven-storey project tomorrow Thursday 24 October | 15:00 City Road, Cardiff Social Housing Developer Community of Practice members have been invited by POBL Cymru and LINC CYMRU LIMITED to visit this seven-storey project in City Road Cardiff which is being constructed with Cross Laminated Timber (CLT). It’s an opportunity to see the project before the last of the CLT is covered up in the structure. Places have now been filled. Contact: david.hedges@woodknowledgewales.co.uk for further information on future opportunities. #SocialHousing #HousingDevelopment #CardiffProjects #SustainableBuilding #CLTConstruction #CommunityDevelopment #UrbanPlanning #Architecture #BuildingInnovation #Pobl

Woodknowledge Wales members got an update on progress with Pobl's Gwynfaen Project near Swansea yesterday. We were hosted by SO Modular and Hale - off-site and on-site. A big thank you to Warren Rowlands and Lisa Amphlett at SO Modular, Tom Bevan at Hale, Peter Remedios and Elfed Roberts at Pobl Group and all our members. We're all on a learning curve and it's great to see high performance house-making at its best. Home-grown structural timber panels, wood fibre insulation, triple glazed windows and Welsh larch cladding all helping to make the fabric ease the energy needs of these new homes.

"A bit of top-down policy setting and a lot of bottom-up enabling,” said Gary Newman, Chief Executive, Woodknowledge Wales responding to a question from the Foundational Economy Senedd Committee. Woodknowledge Wales contributes to the Senedd Committee on Foundational Economy: Panel 4 - Housing and decarbonisation on Wed 16 Oct | Broadcast live on Senedd TV. Now archived: https://ow.ly/HNN550TNGHA Gary Newman, Chief Executive, Woodknowledge Wales joined Iwan Trefor Jones, Chief Executive, Adra Professor Joanne Patterson, Director of Research, Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University, Anthony Rees, Regional Manager, Cyfle Building Skills to address the Senedd’s Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee relating to their inquiry on the Foundational Economy. Read more: https://ow.ly/qSC250TNGHy #FoundationalEconomy #HousingPolicy #Decarbonisation #WelshEconomy #Senedd #WoodknowledgeWales #SustainableHousing #CommunityDevelopment #EconomicDevelopment

Responsible Timber Sourcing CPD For Specifiers 25 Oct 2024 | 01:00 PM | London Timber has increasing appeal for architects, designers and those who specify materials for construction projects. Specifiers can now learn more about responsible timber procurement and Chain of Custody certification through PEFC UK Limited fully-accredited, one-hour CPD course. Presented by Charlie Law MIEMA, ICIOB, CEnv, SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION SOLUTIONS LIMITED Register here: https://ow.ly/bJgV50TQxTY #SustainableDesign #Architects #ConstructionCPD #ResponsibleSourcing #TimberSourcing #TimberCertification #ConstructionMaterials #SustainableArchitecture #ChainOfCustody

Woodknowledge Wales welcomes Louise Townsend Special Advisor - business resilience and social value Louise Townsend is a leading figure in the sustainability and social value sectors, with a proven track record of shaping and embedding social value frameworks across the UK construction industry. Her work will be instrumental in aligning activities with broader sustainability goals, driving positive social and environmental impacts within communities. Read more: https://ow.ly/1y2L50TNz4c #WoodknowledgeWales #Sustainability #SocialValue #ConstructionIndustry #BusinessResilience #CommunityImpact #EnvironmentalImpact #SustainableDevelopment #SocialEnterprise #UKConstruction Louise Townsend FRSA Rachel Cook Gary Newman James Moxey David Hedges Anna Dauksta Dainis Dauksta Dr Diana Waldron