Timber Episodes
066 - Fire Safe Use of Wood in Buildings with Andy Buchanan
Sept. 7, 2022
I wonder if we will be ever able to say: we know exactly how to build fire-safe buildings with mass timber. However that day may never come, each day of research brings us a little bit closer to achieving this goal. And som…
038 - Fire resistance is not always enough for timber with Daniel Brandon
Feb. 15, 2022
It is the third time we talk about mass timber and fire in this show, and I hope every time the message gets even more refined. In this episode, it is clear - fire resistance is not always enough. But why? You will learn tha…
035 - Fire safety as cornerstone of sustainability with Margaret McNamee
Jan. 26, 2022
Building a fire-safe future is not an easy task. Including sustainability in that build, is even harder. But how hard is it to include fire safety in the discussion, when sustainability itself is a goal? Does sustainability …
025 - Structural fire engineering with engineered timber with Felix Wiesner
Nov. 3, 2021
In Episode 18 we have touched on the important topic of fire performance of engineered wood and its wide use in the modern built environment. Today, we follow up on this subject with Dr Felix Wiesner from the University of …
018 - Engineered timber with Danny Hopkin
Sept. 15, 2021
Engineered timber is on a trajectory to become the construction material of the future. However, on that pathway there stands the fire issue. Wood burns, it is inevitable. This is something we must accept, and learn to work …