Brock Common
With the race to the tallest timber building comes a form of building construction that has surprised the design world in its cost, speed of construction and beauty. Source: Timberbiz
This form of building design is Post and Beam construction made from Mass Timber.
An all-day seminar will be held in Sydney on 13 September to explore this form of building construction. Australian leaders in this field will discuss the many options available in mass timber.
Keynote speaker for this seminar will be Karla Fraser, from Urban One Builders Construction Management, Vancouver, Canada.
Ms Fraser was the Construction Manager on behalf of UBC Properties Trust for Brock Commons, an 18 storey student accommodation building for University of British Columbia.
Ms Fraser will discuss what they learned while building the world’s tall timber building, this includes logistic planning and benefits of virtual modelling and pre-manufacturing building components to speed up the rate of the build, fire protection during construction and methods to reduce waste.
Other speakers with focus on timber floor systems available for post and beam, as well as engineering and construction considerations, DTS regulatory solutions and fire engineering design.
The venue is the NSW Teacher Federation Conference Centre at 37 Reservoir Street Surry Hills and the event will be held from 9am until 5pm.
For more information contact Ros Hunter on 02 8920 0446 or email [email protected]
