Seminar Theatres Set to Shine

Running across both the days of Timber Expo on 25 and 26 September, the Timber Talks seminar programme will include nearly 100 FREE sessions and will be one of the most comprehensive, stimulating and thought provoking programmes dealing with timber.
The Timber Talks programme will take place inside three separate bespoke theatres designed and built especially for the event and will showcase the dynamic design, structural and sustainability benefits that only timber can offer.

The sessions will be delivered from a diverse range of individuals and organisations ranging from TRADA, UKTFA and BWF to Arup, Kingspan, Ramboll, Whitbread Hotels and Restaurants and the Olympic Delivery Authority. Those entries shortlisted for the 2012 Wood Awards will also be delivering key seminars on their flagship projects and products. Plus you will also be able to hear more from the deserving winners of the Timber Expo and TRADA-sponsored TTJ Innovation Award, who will be revealing the secrets of their success.

Seminar Theatre 1 - UKSIPS

The UKSIPS Helix Theatre will be hard to miss. Its creative structure will be one of the highlights of the show and the name comes from the view from above.The sculpted roof panels form the shape of a helix and although it is purely an aesthetic aspect of the structure, it is designed to demonstrate that intricate shapes that can be achieved using SIPS technology. The 60sqm footprint has only one structural beam - the ridge beam that runs down the centreline of the roof structure. 

Seminar Theatre 2 - Frame Wise

You will see a full range of panel systems including the new 'Wise Wall' series that was developed last autumn. There will also be glulam framework on the ground floor, cross laminated timber (CLT) for partitions, raised tie roof trusses plus various types of non-combustible wall panels. This theatre will also be the venue for the Home Builders Forum networking event hosted by the Home Builders Federation.

Seminar Theatre 3 - Deeside Timberframe with James Jones & Sons

The structure is mainly single storey but incorporates the James Jones IntelliRoof system over one end of the theatre. The roof system will include a Velux Cabrio balcony window and there will be a JJI-Joist cassette floor panel to complete the room in the roof design. The curved roof over the main entrance area will be formed in loose engineered joist rafters supported on two curved glulam beams, 300mm deep, which are in turn supported by glulam support posts.