In order to achieve zero carbon goals, we need to measure both operational and embodied carbon impacts, for short and tall buildings. Different densities indeed pose different challenges. In this episode we’re speaking with Philip Oldfield (Associate Professor at UNSW) about: — the challenges for sustainability in high-rise and mid-rise buildings  What are the solutions on offer to reduce embodied carbon impacts What are the most important design aspects to get right with timber  If you want to learn more about designing or building with timber, I recommend you go to the WoodSolutions Website and download the Technical Design Guides:  I recommend watching the WoodSolutions weekly webinars. Previous recordings can be found on the WoodSolutions website: &nbsp;

Can Tall Buildings be Sustainable?

If you’ve never visited a sawmill before, you’ll be surprised about how much happens behind the scenes in turning a log into a product. The timber supply chain has continually found new ways to improve the utilisation fo feedstock and forest value by creating new products. In this episode we’re speaking with Dave Gover, the GM of R&amp;D at AKD about:  The story of what happens behind the scenes in turning a log into a product What are the three goals of the timber supply chain How are the quality of products maintained.  &nbsp; If you want to learn more about designing or building with timber, I recommend you go to the WoodSolutions Website and download the Technical Design Guides:  &nbsp; I recommend watching the WoodSolutions weekly webinars. Previous recordings can be found on the WoodSolutions website: &nbsp;

From Log to Product

Recently, new products have come onto the market and have enabled designers to change the way we build. Engineers have new tools in the kit, which are going to be vital as we approach net zero. Andrew Lawrence is Arup’s global timber specialist, and in this episode we discuss:  How timber is changing the way we build Using timber to enhance seismic performance Using timber alongside other hybrid materials  If you want to learn more about designing or building with timber, I recommend you go to the WoodSolutions Website and download the Technical Design Guides:  I recommend watching the WoodSolutions weekly webinars. Previous recordings can be found on the WoodSolutions website: &nbsp;

Rethinking Design

In construction, there is a plethora of disruptive technologies that can be used to change the way we design, model and build. New disruptive technologies means new opportunities, and perhaps none mores than the productisation of construction. Today we’re lucky to be speaking with Amy Marks VP Industrialised Construction Strategy, or better known as the Queen of Prefab about:  The shift to productisation Why data for manufacturing assembly is the new DfMA, And all things regarding the transformation of construction  If you want to learn more about designing or building with timber, I recommend you go to the WoodSolutions Website and download the Technical Design Guides:  I recommend watching the WoodSolutions weekly webinars. Previous recordings can be found on the WoodSolutions website: &nbsp;

Productisation of Construction

The current status quo is to apply the concept of ‘sustainability’ to the discourse of our actions in planning, design, development, manufacturing, and construction, even agriculture and forestry. However, sustainability may not be enough, as to ‘sustain’ is still part of a degenerating system – we need to go beyond sustainability to move from a degenerative system to a regenerative system. Regenerative Design provides the opportunity to restore, renew, revitalise, and replenish our natural resources. The aim of the process is to achieve net-positive impacts for nature, ecology, health and society. In this podcast we're speaking with Dr Phillip Roos, one of the world's foremost experts on regenerative design. If you want to learn more about designing or building with timber, I recommend you go to the WoodSolutions Website and download the Technical Design Guides:  I recommend watching the WoodSolutions weekly webinars. Previous recordings can be found on the WoodSolutions website:  If you want to learn more about designing or building with timber, I recommend you go to the WoodSolutions Website and download the Technical Design Guides:  I recommend watching the WoodSolutions weekly webinars. Previous recordings can be found on the WoodSolutions website: &nbsp;

Regenerative Design

As the digital revolution continues along, the construction industry is adopting new processes. At the center of all this is building information modelling, which includes a whole ecosystem of plugins that can solve unique problems. In this episode we're speaking with Virginia Senf from UNIFI Labs about:  How to minimize digital waste, How to improve current workflows using BIM, Reducing friction in the implementation of BIM  If you want to learn more about designing or building with timber, I recommend you go to the WoodSolutions Website and download the Technical Design Guides:  I recommend watching the WoodSolutions weekly webinars. Previous recordings can be found on the WoodSolutions website:

Minimising Digital Waste with BIM

As we're continuing to innovate and build taller timber buildings, the installation process is sometimes an afterthought. With good planning, the installation can be de-risked and improve the overall program. In this episode, we're speaking with Lincoln Ladds who is an Associate Engineer at TTW about:  The challenges around mixing materials on a project The temporary works design considerations And major lessons learned in construction engineering for the projects he's been part of  If you want to learn more about designing or building with timber, I recommend you go to the WoodSolutions Website and download the Technical Design Guides:  I recommend watching the WoodSolutions weekly webinars. Previous recordings can be found on the WoodSolutions website:

Construction Engineering

Timber is becoming known as the building material of the 21st Century. It is strong – a high strength to weight ratio is recently being utilized with innovative developments; it is safe – being both durable and achieving fire ratings; it is sustainable –timber being the most viable option, acting like a carbon sink to reduce the effects of global warming. Research by Mcgraw and Hill suggests that innovation in the construction industry has been stagnant for over 50 years. Timber may provide the productivity gains similar to that of other industries, being suitable for prefabrication and allowing rapid construction cycle times. 

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