Hans Blass is a professor of timber engineering at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and is world renowned for his work on innovative and reliable structural timber connections.
He is the author of the book 'Timber Engineering - Principles for Design' and previous winner of the Marcus Wallenberg Prize, for significant contribution to forestry and forest industries.
Hans came to Australia for the Pacifc Timber Engineering Conference, PTEC, where WoodSolutions' Adam Jones spoke to him about connections, sustainability and a taste for how timber is developing in Germany.
Please note, owing to the conference venue, there is some ambient noise.