Date: 18th January, 2010
Time: 8.00pm
Venue: Sligo Park Hotel, Sligo
(webcast recordings now available)
About the speakers:
Dr. Raymond Gilfillan has recently retired as an academic from the School of Planning, Architecture and Civil Engineering at Queen’s University, Belfast. He continues to act as a consultant to the Technology Centre at the university that offers services to industry. He is a chartered structural engineer and fellow of the Institute of Wood Science with many years experience of timber-based research and engineering practice.
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Colin Bell BSc,PG Dip,MSc Arch is a Sligo based architect with extensive experience in timber post and beam construction. He has completed a wide range of work in this field including the Organic Centre in Co. Leitrim, and various private projects in the North West.
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About the event: Timber is gaining increasing recognition as a sustainable structural material. However, unlike steel and concrete, timber is a natural material, and therefore does not have consistent structural properties. This lecture will take a look at the characteristics of timber and the challenges the material poses in relation to structural design, and will present an overview of the practicalities of this type of construction, including design of elements, sourcing timber, dealing with the Irish building regulations, jointing techniques, durability, thermal mass, advantages and disadvantages, etc. Reference will be made to various building projects ranging from houses to churches, and also to some recent research work relevant to practice.
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