This is the eighth webinar from the Riverside University Design Competition 2021.

Week three of the Riverside Sunderland: University Design Challenge (#RSUDC21) interactive webinar series kicked off with ‘Fabric First’.

#RSUDC21 is a design competition from MOBIE and Sunderland City Council together with TRADA’s University Engagement Programme. They have launched an exciting Urban Living Design Competition with major sponsor the Confederation of Timber Industries (CTI) to transform a spectacular site into a unique, carbon-neutral urban quarter – an extraordinary place to live, work and play.

Timecodes:

00:00 - Intro

Value Engineering: Optimising design for efficiency:
3:14 - Sarah Lewis | Associate Director – Architecture, Hamson Barron Smith

Sustainable timber products: A palette of products for the built environment:
22:47 - Nick Boulton | Head of Technical and Trade, Timber Trade Federation

Natural Fibre Insulation: What, why, where and how
43:35 - Mark Lynn | Natural Fibre Insulation Group, ASBP

Modified Timber: Increasing longevity – our products, where and how to use them:
01.00:33 - Justin Peckham | Technical Sales Manager, ACCSYS

Internal and external joinery: it’s all in the detail - windows, doors, stairs, flooring:
01.34:10 - Kevin Underwood | Technical Director, British Woodworking Federation

Decking and Cladding: Designing for robustness, durability and longevity:
01.57:38 - Janet Sycamore | Director of Operations, TDCA

Fixings: you supply the timber - we supply almost everything else!:
02.21:50 - Stefano Muscoloni | CEO, Rotho Blaas UK

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