{"id":49303,"date":"2018-11-21T10:26:27","date_gmt":"2018-11-21T10:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=49303"},"modified":"2018-11-21T10:26:27","modified_gmt":"2018-11-21T10:26:27","slug":"woodfest-timber-newcastle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/woodfest-timber-newcastle\/49303\/","title":{"rendered":"First WoodFest celebrates all things timber this December"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The North East will celebrate everything built with wood as the first WoodFest comes to Newcastle in December<\/h2>\n<p>Organised by the UK Timber industry&#8217;s campaign &#8216;Wood for Good&#8217;, the event will host an exciting line-up to promote the benefits of using wood in the built environment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/woodforgood.com\/index\/woodfest-newcastle\/\">WoodFest Newcastle<\/a> will bring together architects, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/hr-skills-news\/mcdonald-engineers\/47204\/\">engineers<\/a>, placemakers, planners, developers, contractors, politicians and local businesses specialising in timber.<\/p>\n<p>Christiane Lellig, <a href=\"https:\/\/woodforgood.com\/index\/woodfest-newcastle\/\">Wood for Good<\/a> campaign director, said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first in a series of regional WoodFests, this as a fantastic opportunity to bring all those involved with the built environment to explore what industry and politics can achieve together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEach event is a chance to learn and share about the use of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/multiply-cross-laminated-timber-project\/48832\/\">timber<\/a> in architecture, particularly around health and wellbeing and offsite construction. It provides a platform to discover what\u2019s happening in the region and to be inspired by timber design.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The week begins with a behind-the-scenes tour of wood-based materials manufacturer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/egger-factory-tour-tickets-52208767830\">Egger\u2019s site<\/a> in Hexham on 10 December.<\/p>\n<p>In the evening, Dr Oliver G.F. Jones, architecture professor and expert in human-environment interaction at Northumbria University, will give the keynote speech at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/healthy-buildings-healthy-cities-tickets-52493913709\">seminar on wellbeing, residential design and healthy homes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Jones will be joined by a panel of experts including local housing providers and design professionals to explore biophilic design, light, space and air quality among other issues.<\/p>\n<p>On the 12th December, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/modular-construction-news\/offsite-construction-glasgow-hotel\/49053\/\">Offsite Construction<\/a> is set to lead a seminar to discuss whether\u00a0modern methods of construction are the future for homes in the North East.<\/p>\n<p>The finale for WoodFest Newcastle is the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.confor.org.uk\/resources\/events\/superwood\/\">Superwood Conference<\/a> on Friday 14 December at Northumbria University, hosted by Confor. Looking at how forestry and timber can drive a low carbon economy, the conversation will explore the opportunities for increasing forestry in the North East and the lessons that can be learned from Scotland.<\/p>\n<p>WoodFest Newcastle is organised in collaboration with regional partners <a href=\"http:\/\/constructingexcellence.org.uk\/\">Constructing Excellence<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.egger.com\/shop\/en_GB\/\">Egger<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mawsonkerr.co.uk\/\">Mawson Kerr<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.architecture.com\/my-local-riba\/riba-north-east\">RIBA North East<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ryderarchitecture.com\/\">Ryder Architecture<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/woodforgood.com\/index\/woodfest-newcastle\/\">For more information about the festival.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The North East will celebrate everything built with wood as the first WoodFest comes to Newcastle in December.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[277,676,916,696,915],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-49303","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-built-environment","8":"tag-construction","9":"tag-modern-methods-of-construction","10":"tag-offsite-construction","11":"tag-timber"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>First WoodFest celebrates all things timber this December<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The North East will celebrate everything built with timber as the first WoodFest comes to Newcastle in December.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/woodfest-timber-newcastle\/49303\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"First WoodFest celebrates all things timber this December\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The North East will celebrate everything built with wood as the first WoodFest comes to Newcastle in December.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/woodfest-timber-newcastle\/49303\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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