?The up-ticking interest from architects and home building professionals in designing and building with timber spurred The Wood App team to organise a one-day timber frame design and construction workshop in Stellenbosch, Pretoria and Durban later this year.
The Wood App is supported by the university, industry associations and the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (the DTIC). It offers free online and CPD-validated courses in timber construction.?
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Dr Philip Crafford, the event's organiser, says they were surprised by the tremendous response when the workshops were announced.
“The response to the Wood App and the one-day events is exciting. Architects, built environment professionals, builders, universities offering engineering, industrial design and technologist programmes and their students are realising the carbon credentials of timber", Crafford comments.
“We are excited by the interest in the course. For example, there were 150 applications for the Stellenbosch event; unfortunately, we could only accommodate 80 people. Keep an eye out for another Western Cape workshop soon".
Tafadzwa Nyanzunda of the DTIC introduced the Stellenbosch course, and her colleague July Mokoena opened the Pretoria event. Pieter Silberbauer facilitated the Stellenbosch, and Werner Slabbert Jnr the Pretoria workshops. The content was based on the online course material.
The Wood App plan to host (CPD) more one day workshops on deck building, timber grading, timber poles and CLT design and construction during this year. Details on future workshops and courses will be available on the website. Visit www.theWoodApp.com for more information.
