WoodSolutions will be hosting a select group of architects, engineers, developers and building professionals on Timber Construction Study Tour to Sweden and Norway. The tour is scheduled to take place ahead of the World Conference of Timber Engineering, being held 19 to 22 June 2023. Attendees are currently being finalised.
Get ready for six days and six nights of outstanding inspiration, information and fun as you travel from Falkenberg, Sweden to Oslo, Norway. Your tour leaders are Andrew Dunn, timber engineer and CEO of the Timber Development Association and Eileen Newbury, Head of the WoodSolutions Program.
WoodSolutions 2023 Study Tour details
Location: Travel 6 days from Falkenberg, Sweden, to Oslo, Norway, by luxury coach.
Tour Dates: Sunday 11 June to Saturday 17 June 2023.
Group: Limited to 25 guests only (spaces will be allocated in order of receipt of full payment).
Tour Cost: AUD 6,950 per person single room basis (twin share price on application) includes applicable GST. Please note: No air travel is included. Participants must make their own way to Falkenberg, Sweden and return from Oslo, Norway.
Preliminary Itinerary (subject to change)
Sunday 11 June – Arrive and welcome drinks.
Accommodation: Falkenberg, Sweden.
Monday 12 June – Visit Randek's headquarters & factory where they are producing automation for offsite timber construction, Sodra’s mass timber manufacturing plant, Derome’s volumetric modular construction factory and recently completed buildings.
Tuesday 13 June – Visit timber buildings under construction, tour Södra Climate Arena and Videum Science Park and Limnologen Växjö, and the original modern timber frame eight-storey apartment buildings.
Wednesday 14 June – Visit BoKlok’s volumetric modular factory where they have the latest ‘ZeroLabor’ robotic wall panel manufacturing plant and nearby apartment building (BoKlok is a joint venture between IKEA and Skanska).
Thursday 15 June – Tour the manufacturing plant where the Randek Robotics ‘ZeroLabor’ systems developed & manufactured. As well as timber buildings completed or under construction.
Friday 16 June – Travel to Lillehammer and see large-scale wood buildings used for the winter Olympics. Visit Moelven, a mass timber producer. Stay at Wood Hotel Resort and Spa, an eighteen-storey mass timber building.
Saturday 17 June – Tour ends (travel home or relax before the World Conference of Timber Engineering commences).
Access to people and places not normally available
Our small tour group will visit high-profile projects and meet the building professionals behind them. We will see buildings that are under construction as well as completed projects. Furthermore, visits to CLT, glulam manufacturing, and modular fabrication plants are included.
CPD
This tour attracts informal Continuing Professional Development points. A certificate of attendance will be issued upon the tour's end.
Please visit WoodSolutions 2023 Study Tour for more details.