Transcript Anne Roberts - gate

Croeso – Bore Da
Willkommen - Guten morgen
Welcome – Good morning
Tere telemast - Tere hommikust
Witamy- Dzień dobry
Dobrodošli – Dobro jutro
GATE
‘Increasing use of timber in
construction’
Anne Roberts
Project manager
•Project basics
•Regions – similarities and
differences
•Conference - where it fits in
GATE Project
•Interreg IIIC programme
•3 years (October 2004-September 2007)
•Network project
•5 regions – Wales, Thuringia (Germany),
Pomorskie (Poland), Slovenia, Estonia
•Wales-led
Why timber?
•Renewable resource
• Local economy
•Energy efficient buildings
•Adaptable to many uses
•Beautiful – people like wood
Project Aim
To increase the use of timber in
construction
Sharing best practice amongst 5
regions
Overcome any existing barriers or
constraints.
Barriers & constraints
• Policy & institutional
•Technical
•Economic
•Perceptions & misconceptions
How does it work?
Exchange of experience through:
•Seminars – every 6 months
•Joint working groups on common
interests, presenting to seminars
•Exchange visits
•Email & www.gate-project.org
Regional Stakeholder
Networks
‘Interest in or influence on choice
of timber’
local & regional government, planners,
policy makers, engineers & builders,
supply chain businesses, industry bodies,
foresters, designers, architects, housing
associations, builders, researchers,
mortgage lenders, insurers, clients …
•Project basics
•Regions – similarities and
differences
•Conference - where it fits in
Rene Tõnnisson
Märt Riistop
Siiri Mutso
Ulf-Dieter Pitzing
Wolfgang Götzke
Painer Kozierac
Ewa Czeplina
Malgorzata
Dutkiewicz
Marek Węgrzyn
Barbara Tomczak
Maciej Wysokiński
Milan Sernek
Matej Jost
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Land area & forest area of GATE
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Area
Forest area
SWOT - Poland
Strengths – Time needed to build a house, investment
cost, growth of construction market
Weaknesses – Wood price increase, lack of
standards and requirements, no clear warranty
standards, higher insurance cost
Opportunities – wood construction promotion,
ecological material, energy efficient solutions,
development of the region, employment
Threats – non-stabilised wood market, unreliable
contractors, low knowledge among clients about
how to use a modern house (ventilation issues)
SWOT - Estonia
•Availability of poor quality materials e.g.
unseasoned unsorted structural wood instead of kilndried strength graded structural timber
•Perceived need for maintenance of wood facades
•Fear of trouble getting fire safety approval
•Lack of good examples in wood construction
practice
•Poor availability of instructions & typical solutions for
using wood in construction
•Project basics
•Regions – similarities and
differences
•Conference - where it
fits in
Presentations
Discussions
Feedback
sheets
Email or phone
Displays
Workshops
Visits
Suggestions
board
Website
ACTION!
Workshop aims
To identify and prioritise the main
barriers to increasing use of timber
in construction
and so to
Begin to identify ways of using GATE to
address these issues
Possible actions through GATE
•Seminars
•Joint working groups
•Exchange visits
•Email & web-based exchanges
•Your suggestions?
www.gate-project.org
[email protected]
+44 (0)1970 625866
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Thank you
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