About Session
Lecturers:
Peter Normann Vangsbo, associate director, climate and sustainability service, Arup
Andrew Lawrence, Arup fellow and timber expert
Duration: 2 hours, including breaks
Max. 25 participants
What is it that truly makes the difference between a mass timber project that runs smoothly and one that ends up facing delays, moisture damage, or costly tolerance issues?
This advanced masterclass is aimed at contractors and project managers who already work with timber construction and want deeper insight into the critical details and risk points during execution.
We will dive into real-life lessons learned, challenging interfaces, and the technical decisions that influence quality, schedule, and cost on site.
Participants will work hands-on with cases, analyse installation errors, and gain practical recommendations that can be applied directly to their next project.
The masterclass will cover topics such as:
- • The biggest risk points during execution – and why they occur
- • Advanced moisture strategy, weather protection, and sequencing
- • Installation logistics: crane planning, packing logic, and assembly flow
- • Fire safety during construction: the critical time windows
- • Costly tolerance issues
- • Prefabrication – when does it help, and when can it create problems?
- • Examples and real-life failure cases from mass timber projects
