{"id":7276,"date":"2023-06-18T12:43:11","date_gmt":"2023-06-18T02:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/?p=7276"},"modified":"2024-10-21T20:31:04","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T10:31:04","slug":"report-australians-travel-to-norway-sweden-for-timber-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodcentral.com.au\/report-australians-travel-to-norway-sweden-for-timber-tech\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Australians Travel to Norway & Sweden for Timber Tech"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Participants on the WoodSolutions and Timber Development Association tour <\/a>have landed in Europe ahead of a six-day program showing the \u2018world\u2019s best\u2019 timber technology in Sweden and Norway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The mission, from June 11 to 17, has been supported by architects, engineers, developers, and building professionals who will visit timber projects and fabrication and manufacturing facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tour leader Andrew Dunn, timber engineer and CEO of the TDA<\/a>, and Clarissa Brandt, Strategic Relations and Communication Manager at Timber Queensland<\/a>, provide exclusive day-to-day reports on the tour for Wood Central.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A group shot of the Australian delegation to Sweden and Norway. (Photo credit: Clarissa Brandt from Timber Queensland)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
More information about the Study Tour<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

The tour leads to the World Conference of Timber Engineering in Oso, Norway<\/a>, from June 19 to 22.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A feature includes a stay at the Wood Hotel Resort and Spa in Brumunddal, Norway, an 18-storey mass timber hotel. The last night\u2019s accommodation will be at the World Conference of Timber Engineering venue in Oslo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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‘The Tower on the Lake’ is an 18-storey mass timber multi-use apartment and hotel complex. Designed by Voll Arkitekter, together with Moelven Limtre, Norway\u2019s leading glulam manufacturer and engineering specialists at Sweco, the 90 meters high building was opened in 2020. (Photo credit: Ricardo Foto and \u00d8ystein Elgsaas)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The tour group visits high-profile projects and meets the building professionals behind them. They are inspecting buildings under construction as well as completed projects. Inspections of CLT, glulam manufacturing, and modular fabrication plants are a highlight of the tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Andrew Dunn Report<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

The start of the tour on June 11 was at a Swedish pub next door to the hotel the tour party was staying at. The Bishops Arms looked like it was from Great Britain and was a perfect place to get to know the team on tour. Tour members introduced themselves and explained why they were on the tour and what they expected to get out of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daniel Brandon from the Research Institute of Sweden<\/a>, a world-leading mass timber compartment fire researcher, and Kenneth Widehall from Binderholz<\/a>, joined the group. Daniel gave a brief background on his work, and Kenneth described what we would see the next morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The gathering confirmed all tour members had arrived safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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