Eurocode 5: the essentials of timber design - June 2025
Date & Time

9 June 2025
10:00 - 17:30 BST

Location

Online

Price

Member early booking: £295 + VAT
Member: £335 + VAT
Standard: £445 + VAT

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Eurocode 5: the essentials of timber design - June 2025

Eurocode 5: the essentials of timber design - June 2025

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Date & Time

9 June 2025
10:00 - 17:30 BST

Location

Online

Price

Member early booking: £295 + VAT
Member: £335 + VAT
Standard: £445 + VAT

Early booking discount

Available until one month prior

This one-day, online course offers an introduction to timber design to Eurocode 5.

Topics covered include, but not limited to:

  • Solid timber and engineered timber products

  • Material properties and modification factors

  • Design of beams, columns and connections

  • Discussions on deflections and vibrations

  • A quick introduction to loading and base Eurocodes is also given

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course, attendees should be able to:

  • Recognise the basics of designing timber elements to Eurocode 5

  • Assess the intricacies involved in designing timber elements to Eurocode 5

  • Appraise the wood technology and scientific research behind certain clauses of Eurocode 5

  • Use the peripheral standards and further commercial information to design with Eurocode 5

  • Use Eurocode 5 for practical design situations

Intended for

  • Graduate engineer

  • Mid-career engineer

  • Senior engineer/Team leader/Manager

  • ​Academic/Researcher

Discount

25% discount on associated publications: Manual for the design of timber building structures to Eurocode 5 (2nd edition)Please contact [email protected] for more information​.

Trainer

Dr Keerthi Ranasinghe

Dr Keerthi Ranasinghe is an Associate at Milner Associates and was previously the Principal Engineer for Structural Timber at BM TRADA. Formerly an academic with research and teaching experience both in the UK and abroad, Keerthi has delivered timber courses for IStructE since 2008. He is the author of several TRADA publications, including Span Tables to Eurocode 5, and the Institution’s Manual for the design of timber building structures to Eurocode 5, 2nd edition. He sits on British and European Standardisation Committees related to timber design.

Contact

Email - [email protected]

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