9 June 202510:00 - 17:30 BST
Online
Member early booking: £295 + VAT Member: £335 + VAT Standard: £445 + VAT
Available until one month prior
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
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
Graduate engineer
Mid-career engineer
Senior engineer/Team leader/Manager
Academic/Researcher
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.
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.
Email - [email protected]
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