Now in its 23rd year Timber Offsite Construction 2021 organised by Frame Australia will be a global hybrid format combining ‘in person’ and ‘live streaming’ for speakers and delegates to provide a new and unrivalled experience for all event attendees. Source: Timberbiz
Sessions will combine ‘live streaming’ international presenters with ‘in person’ local speakers to provide interactive global coverage of topics by world-renowned experts. Topic themes embrace building design influences, construction productivity, manufacturing & technology, and global wood building projects.
Building project panels will comprise developers, architects, engineers, builders, and suppliers discussing ‘real life’ challenges in a range of timber and mass wood projects. Projects selected will embrace diversity in design and building functionality utilising timber and engineered wood for residential and commercial developments with individual design and construction constraints.
Projects selected will embrace diversity in design and building functionality utilising timber and engineered wood for residential and commercial developments with individual design and construction constraints.
With the event now ‘hybrid’ it offers access to a much larger audience of local and international delegates both ‘in person’ and ‘virtual’ attendees.
The event will be held Tuesday and Wednesday 22-23 June 2021 at Crown Melbourne, and for information visit the website www.timberoffsiteconstruction.com
Speaker highlights include Andrew Waugh, a globally renowned architect who designed the world’s first 10 storey mass wood apartment building in London, as is a pioneer in tall timber buildings. His presentation Innovation in mass wood building design and global sustainability objectives will embrace projects currently underway and outlook for the future.
Another global icon will be Gerry McCaughey, Chief Executive and Chairman of Entekra USA, a design engineering and manufacturing company that provides a fully integrated off-site timber frame solution for both residential and commercial construction in North America.
His presentation titled Panelised timber frame construction to increase productivity and profitability for builders will focus on hi-tech manufacturing and prefabrication leading to panelisation and benefits to both builders and frame and truss plants in providing new business opportunities.
Katerra is a new kind of company in the building industry, and Craig Curtis, President of Katerra Architecture will present Improving productivity through mass timber building platforms based on Katerra’s model which combines end-to-end integration with significant investment in technological and design innovation. To achieve this, they improve speed to market; move labour from the field to the factory; leverage technology for every process; and provide a high quality, responsible product.
